{"id":360126,"date":"2026-07-03T17:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T17:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/360126\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T17:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T17:04:10","slug":"small-ships-parade-sails-through-nyc-friday-ahead-of-sail4th-250-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/360126\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Ships Parade sails through NYC Friday ahead of Sail4th 250 celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It’s America’s 250th birthday, and H-Town is celebrating like never before!<\/p>\n

Starting with Freedom over Texas, where thousands of Houstonians will be watching the sky over Eleanor Tinsley Park for the big fireworks show, ABC13 gives you a look at the Fourth of July events happening across town.<\/p>\n

Eyewitness News will also have the latest traffic updates to help you save some time on the roads — whether you’re planning to travel or celebrate here in town.<\/p>\n

Celebrating at home? Join ABC13 as it kicks off 24 hours of special programming, “Disney Celebrates America.”<\/p>\n

Coverage starts at 7 p.m. Friday and will feature David Muir live from the Statue of Liberty, and on Saturday, it is non-stop parades, parties, and pictures of America’s natural beauty.<\/p>\n

We cap it off Saturday night with Houston’s fireworks celebration, Freedom Over Texas.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Disney Celebrates America: What to expect on July 3 and 4 as ABC marks America’s 250th anniversary<\/a><\/p>\n

For the latest breaking news, weather, and traffic, ABC13 is now live on Disney+. Always on, always under the live tab on Disney+ and everywhere you stream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It’s America’s 250th birthday, and H-Town is celebrating like never before! Starting with Freedom…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[127522,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-360126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-127522","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}