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This poem, which Holmes had written after he was outraged that the USS Constitution was about to be torn up, left an indelible mark on the legacy of the ship. Enough of the US populus was motivated against the ship getting scrapped for parts by the…

This is a Hollywood feature film about the ship, around the time of Curtis D WIlbur's campaign to get grassroots donors to contribute to the renovations in the 1930s for the ship.

This is an old map of Boston that shows the Roxbury Neck

July 8, 1955: Blown over during Hurricane Carol on Aug. 31, 1954, the steeple on the Old North Church was repaired and restored. The bells in the tower pealed out a traditional hymn as the crane lowered the steeple into place and workmen used cable…

July 8, 1955: Blown over during Hurricane Carol on Aug. 31, 1954, the steeple on the Old North Church was repaired and restored. The bells in the tower pealed out a traditional hymn as the crane lowered the steeple into place and workmen used cable…

This page features photos/findings from the recent June/July archaeological dig by the city of Boston in the back of the Old North Church