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USS Constitution Museum

All bright and shiny and ready for its close-up. #Huzzah! Visit the Navy Yard tomorrow to welcome "Old Ironsides" back to the pier from its annual Boston Harbor Independence Day underway at approximately 1:30 pm. It's a #Boston tradition you don't want to miss.

Arrive a bit earlier -- or stick around -- and join in the festivities at our free, public block party from 11 am - 4 pm. 🎉 🇺🇸

Details at usscm.org
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All bright and shiny and ready for its close-up. #Huzzah!  Visit the Navy Yard tomorrow to welcome Old Ironsides back to the pier from its annual Boston Harbor Independence Day underway at approximately 1:30 pm. Its a #Boston tradition you dont want to miss. 

Arrive a bit earlier -- or stick around -- and join in the festivities at our free, public block party from 11 am - 4 pm. 🎉 🇺🇸 

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That's some serious rope skills right there! 👏 Want to learn more about ropemaking? Boston National Historical Park will lead Block Partygoers in free paracord bracelet-making and a rope game from 11-4 on July 4th. Be sure to stop by and get into the action! 🎉

#huzzah
#FREE
#independenceday
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Thats some serious rope skills right there! 👏  Want to learn more about ropemaking? Boston National Historical Park will lead Block Partygoers in free paracord bracelet-making and a rope game from 11-4 on July 4th. Be sure to stop by and get into the action!  🎉 

#Huzzah
#free
#IndependenceDay

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Used to make them all the time as a kid…

A thump mat! Yes, that's its name....

Independence Day Underway!

USS Constitution is scheduled to go underway from Charlestown Navy Yard tomorrow, July 4th at 10:00 a.m in honor of Independence Day!

USS Constitution’s cruise will be viewable from the Boston Harborwalk, Castle Island, and Charlestown Navy Yard.

We will fire a 21-gun salute viewable from Fort Independence on Castle Island at approximately 11:30 a.m.

We will be open for tours to the public from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. July 4th.
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USS Constitution has been doing turnaround cruises in Boston Harbor since the 1950s. “Winding a ship” was the 19th-century term that USS Constitution has come to call “turnaround cruises,” evolving from events when the ship was randomly turned around to evenly weather her wooden hull.

📷 Photographs of USS Constitution‘s c.1955 “turnaround cruise.” Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston
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USS Constitution has been doing turnaround cruises in Boston Harbor since the 1950s. “Winding a ship” was the 19th-century term that USS Constitution has come to call “turnaround cruises,” evolving from events when the ship was randomly turned around to evenly weather her wooden hull. 

📷 Photographs of USS Constitution‘s c.1955 “turnaround cruise.” Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment BostonImage attachmentImage attachment+1Image attachment

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Can't wait for tomorrow's cruise

I would love to be on that ship when it happens....

She is as beautiful today as ever. HT2 Roberts. Served 1994/1995

I remember painting that girl...twice. 👍

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