![#OTD in 1897, @USS_Constitution arrived in Boston, where she has called the Charlestown Navy Yard @Boston_NHP home for the past 120 years! The initial decision to move Constitution to Washington, D.C. was dropped in favor of taking the ship back to her home town of Boston. Likely pressure from Massachusetts’ constituents was brought to bear on Congressman John F. Fitzgerald to change the ship’s ultimate destination. The Massachusetts Historical Society even weighed in, recording in its January 8, 1897 meeting minutes, “Resolutions were adopted urging the Massachusetts delegation in the Senate and Congress to support the measure introduced by Congressman Fitzgerald, to have the U.S.S. ‘Constitution’ transferred to Boston, where she was built, and from which port she sailed on all her victorious cruises.” Learn more at the link in our bio. This photo, ca. 1895 depicts USS Constitution when she served as a receiving ship at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine. [USS Constitution Museum collection] #usnavy #navy #military #maritime #boston #american #history #heritage](https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/p320x320/21827283_2067797326786745_6828893100358762496_n.jpg "#OTD in 1897, @USS_Constitution arrived in Boston, where she has called the Charlestown Navy Yard @Boston_NHP home for the past 120 years! The initial decision to move Constitution to Washington, D.C. was dropped in favor of taking the ship back to her home town of Boston. Likely pressure from Massachusetts’ constituents was brought to bear on Congressman John F. Fitzgerald to change the ship’s ultimate destination. The Massachusetts Historical Society even weighed in, recording in its January 8, 1897 meeting minutes, “Resolutions were adopted urging the Massachusetts delegation in the Senate and Congress to support the measure introduced by Congressman Fitzgerald, to have the U.S.S. ‘Constitution’ transferred to Boston, where she was built, and from which port she sailed on all her victorious cruises.” Learn more at the link in our bio. This photo, ca. 1895 depicts USS Constitution when she served as a receiving ship at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine. [USS Constitution Museum collection] #usnavy #navy #military #maritime #boston #american #history #heritage")
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