If the Perrys of Newport had been professional wrestlers, they would have been the tag team champs of the 19th century. It is difficult to imagine a more impactful brother act than Oliver Hazard and ...
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNTo Mark Japan's Surrender at the End of World War II, This Navy Officer Raced Halfway Around the World With a Historic Flag in TowCommodore Matthew Perry may not have enjoyed the same level of prestige as his older brother Oliver Hazard Perry, who ...
A descendant of Commodore Matthew C. Perry of “Black Ships” fame visited a distant island south of Tokyo carrying a pocket watch that the U.S. naval officer had with him when he dropped ...
was presented with a replica of the Stars and Stripes flag that his ancestor received from Matthew Perry (1794-1858), commodore of the U.S. Navy who visited the island in 1853. The original flag ...
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