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A group of tourists waiting to see the USS Constitution Museum

A group of tourists waiting to see the USS Constitution Museum

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 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…

The "Constitution Cam" photographs the ship live every 20 minutes

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.

The U.S.S. Constitution has been alive, despite several holdups, since 1797.

Cannon balls bounced right off the sides of USS Constitution because they were made of such stiff wood that it fooled one sailor into thinking it was iron.

A Google maps interpretation of the USS Constitution (it's not docked!)

Map of the stops where the U.S.S. Constitution stopped during its "Thank You" tour in the 1930s.