LORAN and radio. In 2009, the Flagship Niagara League assumed day-to-day management of Niagara after a decision by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to cut $250,000 to fill a budget deficit. As part of the bicentennial of the Battle of Lake Erie, Niagara took part in a reenactment of the battle on 2 September 2013 in Put-In-Bay along with 16 other tall ships. In popular culture In 1996, a commemorative Pennsylvania license plate was introduced depicting Niagara during the Battle of Lake Erie. Concerns by law enforcement about the plates' legibility led them to be no longer issued. In 2010, Niagara was used to depict the whaleship in an episode of the Public Broadcasting Service documentary series American Experience. See also List of Pennsylvania state symbols National Register of Historic Places listings in Erie County, Pennsylvania Notes a. Niagara's captain's blog, Captain Heerssen explains the vessel's historical name, adding that "the US Coast Guard has designated her as the Sailing School Vessel Niagara due to the nature of service in which she is routinely engaged." Retrieved 22 July 2011. b. Although commonly referred to as a brig, she is technically a snow, as her spanker is rigged to a small try-mast, a.k.a. snow-mast, stepped abaft her main. References Sources External links Flagship Niagara website Niagara (Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'') 1813 ships Great Lakes ships Museum ships in Pennsylvania Museums in Erie, Pennsylvania Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Ships built in Pennsylvania Symbols of Pennsylvania Tall ships of the United States Brigs of the United States Navy War of 1812 ships of the United States Pennsylvania state historical marker significations National Register of Historic Places in Erie County, Pennsylvania Scuttled vessels