The Grateful Nation Project on “Our American Stories” podcast: Oliver Hazard Perry—The Hero of Lake Erie

Listen online to Our American Stories (March 13, 2025): Oliver Hazard Perry: The Hero of Lake Erie (8 minutes), or on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

Hosted by Lee Habeeb, the Our American Stories podcast has invited The Grateful Nation Project to contribute recordings of our Heroes’ biographies! OAS is a highly-regarded and popular podcast—also heard on 400+ affiliate radio stations—whose purpose is “Telling the Story of America to Americans.”

This episode tells the story of Oliver Hazard Perry, who took on the world’s most powerful Navy, and penned the famous battle report, “We have met the enemy and they are ours.” (Hero 168).

Previous Grateful Nation Project / Our American Story episodes:

The Story of the Last Man to Die In WWI (9 minutes)
January 23, 2025: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Story of the Four Immortal Chaplains (9 minutes)
January 10, 2025: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Story of the Man the Mountain is Named After—Pike’s Peak (11 minutes)
December 3, 2024: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Native American Who Fought Alongside George Washington—Daniel Nimham (8 minutes)
October 25, 2024: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Story of The First Man To Die In an Airplane Crash (11 minutes)
September 25, 2024: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify