PORTLAND, Oregon — The Portland Rose Festival’s Fleet Week kicked off on Tuesday, as the first two of eight military ships docked along the Willamette River at Tom McCall Waterfront Park.
As the USS Jack H. Lucas and the USS Mustin arrived, few were more excited than Rose Leigh Williams.
“Proud grandma of Petty Officer First Class Alexander Ross!,” Williams said as she peered through the chain link fence around waterfront park…