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WE'RE AT CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD TO HEAR WHAT GUESTS OF THE U.S.S. CONSTITUTION HAVE TO
SAY ABOUT THE WAR OF 1812 AND BOSTON NAVY WEEK.
"WELL WE'RE LOCAL AND WE JUST WANTED TO COME DOWN AND SEE THE NAVY SHIPS AND TOUR THE CONSTITUTION
AND JUST ENJOY THE DAY. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SHIP, BEAUTIFUL SHIP, WE ENJOYED OUR VISIT, VERY
WELL KEPT AND VERY PROUD OF IT."
"I THINK THE CONSTITUTION IS A VERY, OF COURSE IT IS A VERY HISTORICAL SHIP, THERE IS A LOT
OF HISTORY BEHIND IT, A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION TO TAKE IN FOR TOURISTS SUCH AS MYSELF COMING
FROM SAN DIEGO, SO A LOT TO EXPERIENCE ON THE SHIP."
"IT'S GREAT. IT'S NICE TO SEE THE MODERN WITH THE OLD SHIPS AND WE LOVE HISTORY, SO IT IS
GREAT TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF THE NAVY. WE WANT TO SHOW THE KIDS,
WHAT, HOW GREAT A COUNTRY AMERICA IS."
"I THINK IT'S REALLY REALLY COOL THAT THEY ALL CAME HERE AND THAT THEY'RE REALLY COOL
WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS."
"AS A LITTLE GIRL I CAME HERE ALMOST EVERY DAY WHEN I WAS WORKING AT THE U.S.S. CONSTITUTION
SOUVENIR SHOP WHICH USED TO BE ACROSS THE STREET AND I GOT TO KNOW A LOT OF THE SEABEES
AND WORK THERE EVERY DAY AND A HAD A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NAVY OFFICERS
WHO CAME IN AND THE NAVY MEN WHO CAME IN AND IT WAS GREAT FUN TO COME HERE AND SEE THE
SHIP AGAIN AS AN ADULT."
"I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, STANDING UP FOR THE NAVY AND TAKING CARE OF THINGS
FOR US."
THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE WAR OF 1812 IS A THREE YEAR EVENT TAKING THE NAVY ACROSS CITIES ALL
ACROSS THE NATION.
FROM BOSTON, I'M PETTY OFFICER JAMES STILIPEC.