“I was very excited and pleased to learn about the U.S. flag donated by Akira Kondo to you recently,” he said in an email to Takashi, 64. “As a descendant of Commodore Perry, I have been ...
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 ...
Commodore Matthew Perry may not have enjoyed the same level of prestige as his older brother Oliver Hazard Perry, who ...