It's #NationalHistoryDay! Did you know there's a national contest for middle and high school students, rooted in researching and presenting topics in history?
In Massachusetts today, like all around the country, they are competing in what we think of as "a science fair, but for history!" Our Museum is thrilled to provide prizes for the category of Maritime History, and our staff serves by judging the competition today at the state-level event at Winchester High School!
Congrats to the 6,000+ students who have participated this year from districts across our Commonwealth! We wish all the students a great day! #FortheLoveofHistory #LoveLearning
www.masshist.org/masshistoryday/
Two visitors leaving the Yard. Maybe they didn't have their passports to board the Ship? 🇨🇦
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Spies for the King.
Just a couple of Canadians checking out the sights. 😎🇨🇦
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"I want it understood that if it is not warm it is 'hot.'" 🔥
So says Clinton H. Lyeth, a midshipman when USS Constitution served as training for the United States Naval Academy, in his journal, dated August 19, 1869. The West Virginia-born Lyeth entered the US Naval Academy on June 24, 1868, and was likely a teenage boy (as were most midshipmen). He recounts ten months of his time on USS Constitution at the Academy in 1869, including daily activities, exam results, training cruises, poems, jokes, sketches, and... reports on the weather!
Lyeth graduated from the Academy in June 1872 and rose to Master by 1879. He was assigned to USS Constitution while she served as a training ship in New York, 1880-1881. ⚓
Source: The USS Constitution Museum Collection, Notebook kept by Clinton H. Lyeth while at the US Naval Academy from 1868-1872 (journal includes dates 25 January 1869 to 18 October 1869). 260 pp.
What would Commodore William Bainbridge look like today? The Commander of USS Constitution and a national hero of the War of 1812 might be a modern Navy fighter pilot or astronaut. Check out this AI-generated image based on the classic Gilbert Stuart portrait! 👨🚀
🎨 Gilbert Stuart, 1813 Oil on Panel
🤖 Created with MidJourney and My Heritage
Or he might be the commander of a fast attack boat capable of sweeping the seas clear of the enemy!
