Strawbery Banke Presents
HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #72

In 1882 the USS Constitution arrived in Portsmouth Harbor for another repair at the Navy Yard. Although "cabbed over" and used as a military barracks, the famous "Old Ironsides" because a tourist attraction. In September 1897 the ship was recalled on its 100^th birthday to Charlestown, MA. One local man was so saddened that he damaged his arm clinging to the departing ship.