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USS Constitution - Boston Harbor
Youtube ^ | July 4, 2010 | Self

Posted on 07/04/2010 2:33:45 PM PDT by Sparky1776

Her 21 gun salute this morning!

Missing some of her rigging due to a major renovation for the War of 1812 Bicentennial.


TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: ussconstitution
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Better than fireworks imho.
1 posted on 07/04/2010 2:33:46 PM PDT by Sparky1776
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It's a shame that she's the last of the Navy's original six frigates...they were truly beautiful vessels.


2 posted on 07/04/2010 2:40:07 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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((((( Sparky1776 )))))

So GOOD to see you and thanks for posting the you-tube!

HAPPY FOURTH, MY DEAR FRIEND!


3 posted on 07/04/2010 2:42:21 PM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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Such beauty!


4 posted on 07/04/2010 2:45:21 PM PDT by FourPeas (God Save America)
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She looks sick without her topmasts. I was hoping for a broadside.


5 posted on 07/04/2010 3:06:15 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, A Matter Of Fact, Not A Matter Of Opinion)
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I’d bet my left one that Obama doen’t know ANYTHING about the USS Constitution.


6 posted on 07/04/2010 3:17:01 PM PDT by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar
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USS Consitution - Old Ironsides Thanks Onyx - Happy 4th!
7 posted on 07/04/2010 3:17:34 PM PDT by Sparky1776
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We should be thankful for all those kids that sent in pennies to save her way back when.


8 posted on 07/04/2010 3:18:49 PM PDT by Sparky1776
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Growing up in Boston, this was one of my favorite places to visit.

I love “Old Ironsides”


9 posted on 07/04/2010 3:19:51 PM PDT by left that other site (Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
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“Such beauty!”

But she also has personality!


10 posted on 07/04/2010 3:19:56 PM PDT by Sparky1776
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She does look a little sad...BUT...she’s in better shape now than in decades. Hoping she’s under full sail in 2012!


11 posted on 07/04/2010 3:21:35 PM PDT by Sparky1776
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To: 2nd Bn, 11th Mar

2nd Bn - when I think of the 4th & freedom, honestly Obama never enters my mind.


12 posted on 07/04/2010 3:22:35 PM PDT by Sparky1776
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Most definitely.


13 posted on 07/04/2010 3:24:46 PM PDT by FourPeas (God Save America)
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“Growing up in Boston, this was one of my favorite places to visit.”

I know! Can remember how she smelled from my childhood, running all around her - most of her is restricted these days, glad to have grown up in the 60s, 70s.


14 posted on 07/04/2010 3:24:51 PM PDT by Sparky1776
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I’ve never been to Boston but toured the Constellation in Baltimore a couple of times.


15 posted on 07/04/2010 3:29:25 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, A Matter Of Fact, Not A Matter Of Opinion)
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This might make you feel better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT93DOfEBdQ

She was under partial sail passing one of the last WWII liberty ships - the SS John W Brown a few years ago.


16 posted on 07/04/2010 3:30:52 PM PDT by Sparky1776
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A frigate without sails is a friggin’ shame.

(with apologies to Adm. Nelson)

17 posted on 07/04/2010 3:31:27 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Obama suffers from decision-deficit disorder." Oliver North 6/25/10)
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I remember the aroma too!

They used to call sailors from that era “Tars”. Tar was part of the smell, and old wood, and brine, and brass polish and iron. I remember it too.

Did you ever go to Battleship Cove in Fall River?
WW2 Ships there.


18 posted on 07/04/2010 3:32:42 PM PDT by left that other site (Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
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RIP Untied States it was a good run.


19 posted on 07/04/2010 3:34:58 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Sometimes you have to go to dark places to get to the light....)
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I was a rigger for this. Tried to make the cast but wasn’t in the union.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059269/


20 posted on 07/04/2010 3:35:56 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, A Matter Of Fact, Not A Matter Of Opinion)
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