The U.S. Coast Guard said “politically charged” messages led to the removal of an environmental group’s vessel from a fleet of sailing ships gathered in New York on Saturday to celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary. A ship owned by the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater environmental organization was forced out of the Sail4th 250 parade in New York Harbor, the Coast Guard said in a statement emailed to Reuters. The ship had banners that read “Save the Clean Water Act” and “Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice, Climate Solutions”. Participants in the event had agreed to refrain from displaying political or politically charged...