The Boston National Historical Park reports the USS Constitution Museum will host 9/11 commemorations on Saturday that will include Old Ironsides going out into Boston Harbor between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Also, the Massachusetts Air National Guard will fly F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets over the harbor, within site of Logan Airport, where the two jets that hit the World Trade Center took off from.
The USS Constitution alerts us that the US Navy's Blue Angels jets will roar over Old Ironsides and Boston Harbor between 10:50 and 11:05 a.m. on Monday.
BostonTimelapse captured the haze over South Boston from the NPS Dorchester Heights camera this morning.
Nathaniel Stinnett got a similar view of the fire-generated, high-altitude haze, across Boston Harbor at the Charlestown Navy Yard: Read more.
Matt Frank made sure to get a good spot to watch one of his favorite July Fourth traditions: The USS Constitution's stately tour of Boston Harbor. Read more.
Adam Castiglioni watched the USS Constitution leave its Charlestown dock for a harbor tour and 21-gun salute to honor people who cared for us and kept us safe during the pandemic.
A heartwarming only-in-Charlestown story.
As the dog weaved through the streets of the neighborhood, Morse was close behind - and unbeknownst to her - so were many neighbors who had randomly and suddenly taken up the cause.
Indiana might seem an odd place for a naval station, but some 5,000 Navy personnel work on a base in Crane, IN. Most deal with weapons systems, but the 97-square-mile base also has a stand of white oak trees - solely to provide timber for repairs to the USS Constitution.
With the Massachusetts Covid-19 rate now well into spring-surge numbers, the Navy has ordered the historic ship shut to visitors, like it did in the spring, WBZ reports.
On this first snowy morning of the season, Thomas Hook looked out his Charlestown window towards the masts of Old Ironsides.
Gary Waldeck watched the USS Constitution out and about this morning. Read more.
Theradrebe is on a boat in Boston Harbor, watching the USS Constitution taken out for a tour of the water.
Chrissy, meanwhile, is actually on the Constitution as it's led out into deeper waters: Read more.
Matt Frank was among the many people who watched Old Ironsides on its stately cruise from the Charlestown Navy Yard to Castle Island and back again today. Read more.
Adam Castiglioni watched Old Ironsides on its voyage to Castle Island and back. Read more.
Tamas K-L got a good view of the USS Constitution on its first voyage since getting out of drydock.
Roving UHub photographer Melissa from Waltham watched the Constitution's drydock fill with water tonight after 26 months of repairs.
Gary Waldeck visited Old Ironsides today, its last day in drydock after 26 months of repairs.
With a two-year restoration project nearly done, Patrick Kennedy of Suffolk Construction takes a look at the one thing without which the work wouldn't be possible, at least not without hauling the ship onto a muddy embankment: The dry dock.
Undefeated in the War of 1812, Constitution was already a legend when she entered the brand-new, Quincy-granite dry dock in Charlestown, Massachusetts, on June 24, 1833. (That’s 184 years from this Saturday.)
The USS Constitution will commemorate 9/11 in a ceremony that starts at 8:15 a.m. and which will include several one-gun salutes and the playing of taps between 8:46 and 10:28 a.m. to commemorate incidents from the first plane hitting the south tower of the World Trade Center to the collapse of the north tower.
Members of the public are invited; people over 18 will need a valid ID.
Our own SwirlyGrrl captured Old Ironsides in its new home for the next couple of years: Drydock for some restoration work.
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