"Old Ironsides" sails into Boston Harbor!USS Constitution Sails Back To Boston (1934)
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Today's the Day! There was a Captain Swift who sailed aboard North American merchant ships in the early 1800s.... but there's only one Captain Swift who just dropped a boss of an album! Let us know your favorite cut! 💪 🎸 ✨
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Can we PLEASE lighten up on the Taylor swift stuff?? It's infesting everything
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#OnThisDay Paul Revere started his famous "midnight ride" in 1775. By the 1790s he was a 60-year old silversmith, merchant and foundry man. His foundry was contracted by Henry Jackson, the Boston Naval Agent in charge of obtaining materials for the building of USS Constitution, to provide copper and brass fittings for the ship. Revere's North End foundry drew down the English-made copper bolts to fasten Constitution. The foundry also provided a 242-pound bell and other fittings between 1794 and 1798. 🇺🇸
Read all about Revere's revolutionary foundry and its work with Constitution [5 min read]: bit.ly/49sM2xf
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A Bolt Out of the Blue - USS Constitution Museum
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Paul Revere, your name is magic. A piece of silver, an engraving, a midnight ride — they’ve all been burnished by your hand and the. . .0 CommentsComment on Facebook
