(Enid Spitz -- The Beacon)
By Enid Spitz, Staff Writer -- spitz13@up.edu
Pirates and parrots and peg legs! Last weekend, Cathedral Park, located underneath the St. Johns Bridge, was abuzz with Portlanders and people from around the country decked out in full sea-faring garb.
Last year the Portland Pirate Festival claimed the Guinness world record for The Largest Gathering of Pirates, only to have it stolen away by an English festival. This year, Portland needed almost 7,000 pirates to reclaim the title. 1,700 feisty marauders showed up, not enough for the world record, but it did break the previous U.S. record.
