the painting behind me is by thomas burch. this particular painting is the battle of lake eerie. it is one of the two major inland waterway battles of the war. had sentjames madison perry to lake yeary -- lake ee rie to engage the british fleet on the lake and ensure american control of the lake. all of the boats on the inland lakes have to be constructed there. there was no way of getting them other than constructing them there. perry does this, and he meets the british ships in battle. the flagship is destroyed. he miraculously is able to get move to another american ship, and win the battle. mostll then send the famous battle report in history to the then commander of the area. we have is great portrait by rembrandt peale. he sensed this report to harrison. this report to harrison. we have met the enemy, and they are ours. it is a major victory. it will prove very decisive in the peace negotiations later. many pieces in the show, but you always have favorites. this is one of my favorites. this is john norton. in a lot of ways, he was a more important native american figure the