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CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Jan. 14, 2008) The first major snowfall of the New Year blankets the USS Constitution. Despite the weather "Old Ironsides," remained open for free public tours. At 210 years-old, USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, manned by 67 active-duty United States Sailors and visited by nearly half a million visitors annually. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Brown (Released)

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Boston, Oct. 21, 2009 - Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Philip Gagnon pipes as USS Constitution performs an underway demonstration in honor of the three-masted wooden frigate's 212th birthday. (U.S. Navy photo by Airman Mark Alexander/Released).
(Click for Bosun’s Whistle)




USS Constitution's 1812 Marine Guard fire vintage Springfield flintlock muskets during the ship's underway. "Old Ironsides" was underway for the "Constitution Day Cruise," which is conducted to thank the family and supporters of Constitution. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Nick Lyman (Released)

OUR TROOPS ROCK!!!!!!!






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Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

2 posted on 04/28/2014 6:00:05 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Mlichael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: laurenmarlowe
Thanks, lauren, for today's Road Trip: West Point, New York ~ 29 APR, 2014

The jaws of work finally let go for a bit?


6 posted on 04/28/2014 6:06:41 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: ConorMacNessa
Good evening to you ConorMacNessa!

I am so out of practice at posting!

FIRST!!

8 posted on 04/28/2014 6:08:29 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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~ Road Trip: West Point, New York ~ 29 APR, 2014 ~

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10 posted on 04/28/2014 6:10:53 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!


15 posted on 04/28/2014 6:16:38 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: ConorMacNessa

Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...did you get some rest over the weekend? No more adventures?


21 posted on 04/28/2014 6:25:36 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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Watching my son and his fellow cadets is wonderful. You will never find a nicer, smarter, or more polite group of young people. We have spent days wandering around the campus, and everywhere you look there is history. Classes going back over a hundred years planted class trees, and at the base is a small stone marker with a year chiseled into it - the class year. The museum is fantastic, and the library is incredible. When we were there for Plebe Parent weekend, they had the minutes from the honor court (still held in Ninninger Hall) that kicked Edgar Allen Poe out!
32 posted on 04/28/2014 6:53:33 PM PDT by Smedly Dewlap (West Point Dad)
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