Constitution
January 2nd, 2009 From
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>Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 23:18:55 -0500
>To: mahan@microwrks.com
>From: Tom Robison
>Subject: Re: Constitution
>Precendence: bulk
>Sender: mahan-owner@microworks.net
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>Bill Riddle wrote-
>
> > If you haven’t yet seen it … find a copy of “All Hands” June 97
> > issue. It has a very nice series of articles on Constitution: her
> > current crew, their training (turns out USCG trained them in Eagle!),
> > the 200 year history (short version), and Oliver Wendell Holmes 1830
> > poem that made this 1997 event possible (“Aye, tear her tattered
> > ensign down!”).
>
>I read O.W. Holmes poem many years ago and have not seen it since. Can
>someone post it here? Thanks.
>Tom
>
>
>Tom Robison
>Ossian, Indiana
>tcrobi@mindspring.com