Editing Put-in-Bay, Ohio (section)

== Memorial ==

Put-in-Bay is the site of [[Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial]], which commemorates the American victory at the Battle of Lake Erie. Construction of the monument began in 1912 and it opened to the public on June 13, 1915. It is {{convert|352|ft|m}} tall and made up of 78 layers of pink granite, topped with an eleven [[Short ton|ton]] (10 [[metric ton]]) bronze urn. Its height makes it the highest open-air observatory operated by the U.S. National Park Service. The remains of six naval officers, three Britons and three Americans, were interred beneath the floor of the monument's rotunda.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}