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==1853==
==1853==
[[File:Perry-flag.jpg|right|thumb|400px|A replica of the flag flown by the USS ''Powhatan'' at Uraga in 1853, and by the USS ''Missouri'' during Japan's official surrender ceremony in 1945. While the original is held by the US Naval Museum at Annapolis, this replica is today displayed aboard the ''Missouri'' at Pearl Harbor.]]
''"Prosperity to the Lew Chewans, and may they and the Americans always be friends." - Commodore Perry, at Shuri, June 6, 1853.''
''"Prosperity to the Lew Chewans, and may they and the Americans always be friends." - Commodore Perry, at Shuri, June 6, 1853.''
