Brig Niagara ship to headline festival after docking in Port

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: July 22, 2004| Author: LAWRENCE SUSSMAN | Copyright information

Brig Niagara ship to headline festival after docking in Port

By LAWRENCE SUSSMAN lsussman@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel

Thursday, July 22, 2004

Port Washington -- The U.S. Brig Niagara, said to be the largest tall ship ever to dock in Port Washington, is scheduled to arrive this afternoon and will headline the Maritime Heritage Festival on Saturday.

The Brig Niagara is a replica of the flagship that Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry used in the Battle of Lake Er...

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