Residents of Battery Park City during “Operation Sail” in 2000, the Summer Millennium Celebration. The Parade of Ships visited ports in Miami, Florida; Norfolk, Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and New York City.
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