 She then steamed north to join the protected cruisers and and the light cruiser , which had traveled from Germany to represent the country at the Hudson–Fulton Celebration in New York, which marked the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson's discovery of the Hudson River and the 100th anniversary of Robert Fulton's development of the paddle steamer.The ships' contributed a total of three hundred sailors to take part in an international parade.While there, "Bremen" received a new commander, "FK" Ernst Goette.