The USS Constitution will be underway on the Fourth of July
Go see her!
USS Constitution is scheduled to go underway from Charlestown Navy Yard on July 4th at 10:00 a.m. in honor of Independence Day! Great viewing spots include the Charlestown Navy Yard, the Harbor Walk, and Castle Island! There will be a 21-gun salute viewable from Fort Independence on Castle Island at approximately 11:30 a.m.
USS Constitution will fire an additional 17-gun salute as she passes the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Boston, the former site of Edmund Hartt’s Shipyard.
The turnaround will commemorate the 248th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
USS Constitution is the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat and America’s Ship of State. She played a crucial role in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812, actively defending sea lanes from 1797 to 1855.
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