The Chicago Maritime Festival
An International Gathering to Celebrate Chicago's Maritime Community
at the
Chicago History Museum
(Clark Street at North Avenue)
February 28, 2009

Bill Pinkney; the first African-American man to sail solo around the world via Cape Horn; and he took hundreds of kids with him (via satellite).

Lectures, seminars, demonstrations, exhibits, workshops 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.  Evening Concert  7:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

The Chicago Maritime Festival is an annual event held at the Chicago History Museum that presents the most diverse maritime program ever staged in the Great Lakes and an outreach program to over 5,000 students, seniors and adults with disabilities.  Daytime activities include maritime history, lighthouses, shipwrecks, model boats for kids, life raft demonstrations, marine art, songs for younger sailors, knot tying and more, presented by working mariners, authors, divers, educators, explorers, artists and nautical notables from around the world.  The evening concert features some of the finest maritime singers from both sides of the Atlantic.