Rivers and roses
Astoria Regatta sails on
BY LISSA BREWER
Three commemorative roses will join the gar-
den of the Flavel House Museum this week, cour-
tesy of this year’s Astoria Regatta celebrations.
For Melissa Grothe, Regatta president and long-
time attendee, it’s a moment to savor. The Royal
Rosarians, a Portland-based civic group, will arrive
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dressed in traditional suits, capes and straw hats for
the ceremony, a fi tting event for the closing morn-
ing of the four-day festival.
The Astoria Regatta describes itself as “one of
the oldest festivals west of the Rockies.” Com-
memorating Astoria’s maritime history since 1894,
it traces its origins to a homecoming of local fi sh-
ermen, many returning with full boats of salted fi sh
from Alaska.
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Onlookers wave and cheer from the
Columbia River Maritime Museum during a
previous Astoria Regatta parade.
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