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SAILORS ASSIGNED TO USS CONSTITUTION PERFORMED BOARDING PIKE AND GUN DRILLS PIERSIDE TO THE
SHIP IN CELEBRATION TO THE BICENTENNIAL TO THE WAR OF 1812 AND BOSTON'S 30TH HARBOR FEST.
"WHAT DOES THE USS CONSTITUTION MEAN TO BOSTON? WELL IT'S THE FULL COMPONENT OF HISTORY AND
BOSTON ITSELF IS A FULL COMPNENT OF AMERICAN HISTORY, SO WHEN YOU COME HERE YOU GET THAT
FEELING. THE CONSTITUTION, THE PEOPLE EMBRACE PURE HISTORY. EVERY TIME YOU STEP AROUND THE
SHIP, YOU STEP ON THE SHIP YOU JUST SEE HISTORY. SO WHAT'S IT MEAN TO BOSTON? PURE HISTORY."
CONSTITUTION IS LOCATED IN THE CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD IN BOSTON AND IS THE OLDEST COMMISIONED
WARSHIP AFLOAT AND WELCOMES MORE THAN 500,000 VISITORS A YEAR.
FROM WASHINGTON, I'M PETTY OFFICER AMARA TIMBERLAKE.