Happy Independence Day July 3, 2020 NYC Municipal Archives Wishing everyone a happy and safe Independence Day. Tall ships from around world sailed into New York Harbor in a salute to the Fourth of July and the centennial of the Statue of Liberty, July 4, 1986. Mayor Koch Photograph Collection. NYC Municipal Archives. A flotilla of smaller boats joined tall sailing ships from around the world in New York Harbor for the centennial of the Statue of Liberty, July 4, 1986. Mayor Koch Photograph Collection. NYC Municipal Archives. Sailors on the deck and masts of their historic sailing vessel, New York Harbor, July 4, 1986. Mayor Koch Photograph Collection. NYC Municipal Archives.