40 Tall Ships and 30 Navy Vessels Parade Hudson for America's 250th Anniversary
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Updated · CBS New York · Jul 5
40 Tall Ships and 30 Navy Vessels Parade Hudson for America's 250th Anniversary
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Jul 5
Summary
Forty tall ships and 30 U.S. Navy vessels sailed the Hudson River in Sail4th 250's main July 4 parade, moving from the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge to the George Washington Bridge.
More than 100 tall ships and navy vessels from 20 countries came to New York Harbor for the commemoration, which organizers billed as the largest-ever flotilla of tall ships.
An estimated 8 million to 10 million spectators were expected along 15 miles of shoreline, with the parade starting at 9:30 a.m. and lasting about four and a half hours.
NYPD set security checkpoints and intermittent West Side Highway closures below 59th Street, while the ships will remain open for public viewing through July 7.
The celebration extends beyond the parade: 200 aircraft were set for flyovers, and four sister ships will race to Boston on July 8 for the first Five Sisters Cup since the bicentennial.