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Old Ironsides (poem) " Old Ironsides " is a poem written by American writer Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. on September 16, 1830, as a tribute to the 18th-century USS Constitution. The poem was one reason that the frigate was saved from being decommissioned, and it is now the oldest commissioned ship in the world that is still afloat.
12 set 2023 · Building 22, Charlestown Navy Yard. MANAGED BY: USS Constitution Museum. Only yards away from "Old Ironsides," the USS Constitution Museum is a "must see" for everyone visiting Boston, where interactive galleries take adults, families and children of all ages on a 200-year voyage. Here, visitors can learn how a wooden hull helped the ship earn ...
She sank or captured four big British warships, including the 38-gun British frigate HMS Guerriere. It was during this battle on 19 August 1812 that she was nicknamed “Old Ironsides,” when her crew watched as the enemy’s cannonballs bounced off her wooden hull as if it was made of iron. After the War of 1812 was over, Constitution was ...
We are the sailors of The USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides"), the 1797 United States Frigate. The oldest commissioned warship afloat today. The purpose of our Association is to honor and preserve the history and memory of the ship and its crew; to foster and strengthen the fraternal, civic and personal ties among shipmates; to memorialize those who served onboard the USS Constitution; to aid ...
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Old Ironsides. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see. That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon’s roar;—. The meteor of the ocean air.
8 lug 2013 · A documentary about the most famous and revered ship in United States Naval history, The USS Constitution.
- 28 min
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