War of 1812 Tall Ships Coming to Chicago-- Part 3

FLAGSHIP NIAGARA (USA)-- The tallest of the Tall Ships at the festival, the 198-foot long brigantine Niagara is one of the most authentic tall ships in the United States. Built in 1988, she is a reconstruction of the warship aboard which Commander Oliver Hazard Perry won the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

She offers three educational programs to the public and all students and trainees receive an authentic onboard living experience from sleeping on hammocks and meals cooked off of a woodstove.

I imagine all of these ships will be taking part in the bicentennial of the Battle of Lake Erie at Put-In-Bay, Ohio, over Labor Day weekend.

I'd Go See Them If Not for Their Being in Chicago. --Brock-Perry