New York City is awash with sailors of all ranks and nationalities as the Big Apple celebrates Fleet Week. The parade of seafaring vessels is celebrating the bicentennial of the War of 1812.
Tall Ships Sail into New York City for Fleet Week
New York City is awash with sailors of all ranks and nationalities as the Big Apple celebrates Fleet Week. The parade of seafaring vessels celebrates the bicentennial of the War of 1812.
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Connor Kennedy, 7, from Farmingdale, New York, holds the M4 carbine rifle of a marine from 1st Battalion 9th Marines Charlie Company 2nd Platoon during a demonstration put together by the Marines as part of Fleet Week in East Meadow, New York, May 26, 2012.
