'Amazing' parade of tall ships up the Hudson
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, known as "America's Tall Ship," makes its way up the Hudson River on Saturday. Credit: Helen Ho
Crowds packed the Hudson River waterfront on Saturday as the Sail4th 250 International Parade of Sail marked the nation’s semiquincentennial with a procession of tall ships, military vessels and aerial flyovers.
Tall ships from more than 20 nations, including Italy's Amerigo Vespucci, Argentina's Ara Libertad and Peru’s Bap Union, graced the Hudson River. Some boats in the parade will be on display and open for tours in piers along New York Harbor from Sunday through Tuesday.
By 9 a.m., the scene was already set at The Battery, where scores of people streamed in to claim vantage points under muggy, fast-rising temperatures.
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