# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Command & Courage: Oliver Hazard Perry
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 13 Aug, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Fri, 14 Aug, 2026 at 04:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for a 2-day symposium August 13 and 14 on the campus of Gannon University for a series of discussions by noted Oliver Hazard Perry historians.

August 13: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

August 14: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This includes breakfast and lunch

Our audience will learn about Perry and what made him the person he was. The event will offer a deep, multidimensional look at the man whose leadership helped secure the United States’ control of the Great Lakes during the War of 1812.

Discover how Perry’s leadership, at just 28 years old, shaped the nation’s expansion into the Upper Midwest and helped define the emerging identity of the early U.S. Navy.

Speakers include:

Douglas Brinkley, PhD, renowned American historian, author, and professor at Rice University

Olenda Johnson, PhD, Professor, Strategic Leadership & Leader Development at U.S. Naval War College

Christopher Havern, MA, Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) historian

Matthew C. Perry, PhD, lecturer and Perry family descendant 

Craig Symonds, MA, lecturer and American naval historian and visiting professor at the Naval War College

Walter Rybka, BA, author and former administrator at the Erie Maritime Museum and former senior captain of the the Niagara

This is a 2-day event. There are no single-day tickets. Tickets: $10 for Hagen History Center members and $20 for nonmembers

Thanks to our sponsors: Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority, PNC Bank, Doris Becker Lecture Series, and the Jefferson Educational Society.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/erie/command-and-courage-oliver-hazard-perry/200030034647335
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 47

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Erie
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Gannon University
- **lat**: 42.128080246243
- **long**: -80.08761709872
- **full address**: Gannon University, 133 W 6th St, Erie, PA 16501-1001, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Command & Courage: Oliver Hazard Perry being held?
  - **A:** Command & Courage: Oliver Hazard Perry takes place on Thu, 13 Aug, 2026 at 01:00 pm to Fri, 14 Aug, 2026 at 04:00 pm at Gannon University, 133 W 6th St, Erie, PA 16501-1001, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Command & Courage: Oliver Hazard Perry?
  - **A:** Command & Courage: Oliver Hazard Perry is organized by Hagen History Center.

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