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Join us in the service of Americas grandest warship...

Old Ironsides!

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For ncarly 200 ycars, our nation has so rcvercd thls majestie figlu ing ship and her history-shaping cxp!ołts that she has remained in commission with the U.$. Navy to this day.

As the warship that tamed the infamous Barbary Pirates and, on sevcral occasions, hloodicd the nose of the justly proud Brltish navy,

Old Iroasides is the floating embodiment of the bold spirit with whlch our nation defended its interests and indcpcndcncc during its early ycars.

Much of the heritage we so valuc today was forged upon

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As a member of the USS Constitution Museum, you will be part of a non-profit institution cspecially chartered for the purpose of assuring a continuing national appreciation of Old Ironsides.

Ovcr the ycars, morę than SO million vl*itors from all over the nation and through-out the world havc comc to sec for themsclves this legendary warship. It is in giving thesc sisitors a mcaningful understanding of her wcapons. implcmcnts, fittings, rigging and construction—as well as her epic role in history—that the

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