{"id":233558,"date":"2026-05-16T05:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T05:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/233558\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T05:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T05:37:18","slug":"brooklyn-to-celebrate-americas-250th-anniversary-with-sail4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/233558\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn to celebrate America\u2019s 250th anniversary with Sail4th"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOROUGHWIDE \u2014 As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, a large fleet of ships will be sailing under the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge during the festivities in July.<\/p>\n

Sail4th 250, a nonprofit organization, is hosting an international maritime celebration in New York Harbor from July 3 through July 8, bringing sailors together in the universal fellowship of \u201cfreedom, hope and opportunity that our country has always represented,\u201d according to its website.<\/p>\n

\"America<\/a>America welcomes the tall ships of the world to the Port of New York and New Jersey for a universal celebration of America\u2019s 250th anniversary. Photo: Sail 4th 250<\/p>\n

The six-day celebration focuses on Independence Day, featuring international tall ships and military gray hull ships.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will celebrate America\u2019s 250th anniversary with the largest-ever flotilla of tall ships from around the world, creating a majestic nautical spectacle and an unforgettable once-in-a-generation event on land, sea and air,\u201d reads the Sail4th site. \u201cAcross the region, a rich tapestry of events, festivities and celebrations will unfold, honoring our shared history while educating, entertaining and uniting communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The largest fleet of the world\u2019s tallest ships and gray hull ships will sail into New York Harbor, pass in Presidential review, and salute the Statue of Liberty.\u2028Brooklynites will be able to enjoy the festivities with a great view.<\/p>\n

\"America<\/a>America welcomes the tall ships of the world to the Port of New York and New Jersey for a universal celebration of America\u2019s 250th anniversary. Photo: Sail 4th 250<\/p>\n

On July 3 from 1-3 p.m., the Parade of Sail takes place. Class B tall ships from around the world will sail down the East River from Hell Gate Bridge to Gravesend Bay. Then, on July 4, starting at 9:30 a.m., more than 30 tall ships from around the world will sail up the Hudson River from the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge to the George Washington Bridge.<\/p>\n

That morning, there will also be an International Aerial Review. A massive formation of U.S. and international fixed and rotary wing aircraft will parade over the Verrazzano Bridge above the Hudson River, flying in formations and over the International Parade of Sail. The Blue Angels will lead the review, and Sail4th states there will be a thrilling surprise.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the tradition of the 1976 Bicentennial, the Statue of Liberty Centennial in 1986, the Columbus Quincentennial in 1992, the Millennium celebration in 2000, and the Bicentennial of The Star-Spangled Banner in 2012, international fleets will arrive in grand style and spend a week in the heart of the nation\u2019s first capital,\u201d the site states.<\/p>\n

In addition, Sail4th has a Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. Navy for the events of July 4 in the Port of New York & New Jersey. The Navy is hosting only the Seventh International Naval Review that morning, a solemn time-honored ritual involving more than 53 U.S. and foreign warships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BOROUGHWIDE \u2014 As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, a large fleet of ships will be sailing under the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2572,18565,98,100,99,4619,249,8078,18444,91623,9,24,63,18129,21004],"class_list":["post-233558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-bklyn-live","tag-boats","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-events","tag-holiday","tag-independence-day","tag-jaime-dejesus","tag-july-fourth","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-sailing","tag-u-s-navy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}