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electric_blue68

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33. We lived relatively near the Manhattan side of the GW Bridge so on July 4th we walked down....

Reply to QueerDuck (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 08:11 PM

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We: my dad, my sis and I, my cousins, aunts & uncles walked downed to under the bridge parkland near the Little Red Lighthouse to watch the Tall Ships sail by!

Sooo fun to see all the different types of ships. They sailed up past a bit, then turned around and came back down. I don't have my slides any more.

Then that night we went down to the southern area of Manhattan to see the fireworks.

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