PERRY COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Linden, Tennessee
The county was established 1819; named in honor
of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry who served
in the naval war with Tripoli; in 1809, built and
commanded a fleet of gunboats. In 1813, com-
manding the fleet he had built, recruited and
organized on Lake Erie he met a British fleet
in battle, resulting in his famous message, "We
I have met the enemy and they are ours".
Color by L. D. Thompson
Thompson's Community Service, 1220 Chickasaw, Paris, Tenn.
S-63496
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