DAILY PRESS, June 5, 2015: Sitting with her classmates along the waterfront, eighth grade Yorktown Middle School student Claire Gordon was one of hundreds preparing for Hermione’s visit to Yorktown.

Hermione, or L’Hermione, docked in Yorktown in June. Photo by Daily Press

As the historic vessel’s mast began to peek from behind the heavy fog and mist in the York River on Friday morning, it became clear to Gordon, and her classmates, that the subject of their yearlong French II class project was finally within reach.

Click here to read my coverage of the event, and to view photo galleries and videos taken during the Hermione visit.