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Saturdays & Sundays, 1:00 PM & 3:00 PM: "Powder
Monkey Tour for Kids"
The USS Constellation invites youngsters to come on
board to learn about the lives of the young boys who served as powder
monkeys. In a hands-on tour, young "recruits" will find out how lads
from eleven to eighteen lived in Mr. Lincoln's Navy: how they dressed,
ate, where they slept and lived, and some of the things they did on and
off duty each day. |
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April 12, 2:00 PM: “Voyage of a Thousand Cares”
In 1844 the USS Yorktown sailed from New York as
part of the newly-established African Squadron to interdict slave ships
leaving the African coast. Aboard Yorktown was a young master’s mate,
John C. Lawrence who recorded the day-to-day occurrences and remarkable
events that took place during the three-year cruise. Professor C.
Herbert Gilliland, USNA, provides an illuminating account of life in the
African Squadron and Lawrence’s experiences. |
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April 26, 10:45 PM - 12:00 Noon:
"Commemorative Ceremony for Constellation's Seagoing
Marines"
Since the first two battalions of Continental Marines
formed in 1775, Marines have served aboard U.S. Naval
vessels on all the world's oceans and in all of this
nation's conflicts. Where ever the United States
projected its influence on to and across foreign shores,
there too were United States Marines. Aboard USS
Constellation Marines served proudly in the
Mediterranean Sea and African coastal waters. On
Saturday morning, April 26, 2008, all Marines who served
aboard Constellation throughout her century of service
will be recognized, honored, and commemorated in a Pier
1 ceremony. The United States Seagoing Marine
Association will commemorate Constellation's Marines in
a ceremony featuring the United States Marine Corps
Band, Marine Corps Silent Drill Team, and Marine Corps
Color Guard, and a formal presentation of a magnificent
bronze commemorative plaque. The ceremony and concert
will be held from 10:45 AM to 12:00 Noon. Come early!"
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April 26 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM: Ship's Company
USS
Constellation’s
living history interpretive unit of Civil War era sailors and
marines. Presentations and hands-on activities provide unique
insight into the life and times of those who served in Mr.
Lincoln’s navy.” |
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Saturdays & Sundays, 1:00 PM & 3:00 PM: "Powder
Monkey Tour for Kids"
The USS Constellation invites youngsters to come on
board to learn about the lives of the young boys who served as powder
monkeys. In a hands-on tour, young "recruits" will find out how lads
from eleven to eighteen lived in Mr. Lincoln's Navy: how they dressed,
ate, where they slept and lived, and some of the things they did on and
off duty each day.
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May 10th, 2:00 PM: “Civil War Medicine at Sea”
Life at sea may have been tough, but was medical
treatment at sea, tougher? Jan Herman, historian at the Navy Medical
Department and editor of Navy Medicine, illuminates this
seldom-addressed aspect of the Civil War and contrasts it to army
medicine of the times. |
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May 24 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM: Ship's Company
USS
Constellation’s
living history interpretive unit of Civil War era sailors and
marines. Presentations and hands-on activities provide unique
insight into the life and times of those who served in Mr.
Lincoln’s navy.” |
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Saturdays & Sundays, 1:00 PM & 3:00 PM: "Powder
Monkey Tour for Kids"
The USS Constellation invites youngsters to come on
board to learn about the lives of the young boys who served as powder
monkeys. In a hands-on tour, young "recruits" will find out how lads
from eleven to eighteen lived in Mr. Lincoln's Navy: how they dressed,
ate, where they slept and lived, and some of the things they did on and
off duty each day.
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June 14th, 2:00 PM: "Black Sailors in Navy Blue"
Joseph Reidy, Ph.D.
Black Americans had served in the United States
Navy since the Revolution. During the American Civil War, blacks came
into the navy in unprecedented numbers and were vital in meeting the
needs of the fleet. The typical "experience" of a black sailor differed
remarkably from state-to-state and ship-to-ship. Dr. Reidy brings
together Civil War statistical data to illuminate and explain the
previously-untold story of the African-American sailors’ Civil War
experience. |
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June 28 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM: Ship's Company
USS
Constellation’s
living history interpretive unit of Civil War era sailors and
marines. Presentations and hands-on activities provide unique
insight into the life and times of those who served in Mr.
Lincoln’s navy.” |
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