Fleet Parades Up the Hudson

Saturday, Oct. 2, 1909(use this link to access today’s entire issue)The Hudson-Fulton Celebration steamed 60 miles up the Hudson yesterday to Newburg in “a long parade of cruisers, torpedo boats, submarines and merchant and pleasure craft…. Before the steamers had got well under way the Roosevelt, Peary’s arctic ship, came slowly up the river in full view of the excursionists, who cheered her warmly, waving flags and handkerchiefs. She dropped anchor to wait for Commander Peary and was soon left

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