During the War of 1812, called by many historians The Second Revolutionary War, U.S. naval forces engaged the British and Canadian naval forces in the Battle of Lake Erie.  This was the battle in which Commodore Perry gained his fame.  There was a re-enactment of the battle just a couple of months ago near Port Clinton, Ohio, a city on the lake shore where the actual battle was fought 200 years ago.
The International Peace Monument, typically called Perry's Monument, was erected at Put-In-Bay on one of the Lake Erie islands to commemorate the battle, and to the proposition that it should remain the last battle between the U.S. and Canada.