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A sword belonging to Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry will be one of the more high-profile artifacts on display when the Hagen History Center unveils nine new exhibits this coming summer.
Visitors will see the sword featured in an introductory gallery during a planned campus-wide public reopening of the center, at 356 W. Sixth St., on July 17-18.
Perry and Erie merchant ship captain Daniel Dobbins helped oversee the construction of a U.S. Naval fleet, including the original Brig Niagara, in the spring and summer of 1813 in Presque Isle Bay.
At the Battle of Lake Erie on Sept. 10, 1813, near Put-in-Bay, Ohio, Perry commanded a nine-vessel American fleet to victory over a six-ship British flotilla.
The Erie Land Lighthouse is about to get a new keeper.
Presque Isle Lighthouse staff will oversee daily operations of the iconic Erie landmark starting April 1 under terms of a two-year management agreement finalized Wednesday between the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority and the Presque Isle Lighthouse board of directors.
The historic 48-foot-tall sandstone tower is located at the foot of Lighthouse Street, about three blocks east of East Avenue, in Erie.
Under the agreement, the Port Authority will continue to own the two-acre property, which includes a residence, currently vacant, on the lighthouse grounds. The Port Authority is excited to partner with a local nonprofit who has a proven track record with activating historic lighthouses, said Brenda Sandberg, the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority’s executive director. The Authority is looking forward to the active use of the Land Lighthouse drawing residents and visitors alike to Erie s east side.