Jacob Zeilin
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Jacob Zeilin was an American military officer who served as the seventh Commandant of the United States Marine Corps from 1864 to 1876. He served in the United States Marine Corps for over 45 years in
Jacob Zeilin Memorial in Laurel Hill Cemetery
Perry Expedition
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The Perry Expedition was a diplomatic and military expedition in two separate voyages to the Tokugawa shogunate by warships of the United States Navy. The goals of this expedition included exploration
A 1854 Japanese print depicting the Perry Expedition
Commodore Matthew Perry's Black Ship, from the Brooklyn Museum
Odaiba battery at the entrance of Tokyo, built in 1853–54 to prevent a United States incursion
A miniature steam locomotive which was presented by the expedition and exhibited to great acclaim