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Strawbery Banke Presents
HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #147
A group of seamen aboard the USS Constellation drill with muskets and cutlasses in a maneuver called "Repelling Boarders". This ship is a reconstruction of the sister to the USS Constitution ("aka "Old Ironsides") and USS Congress (built at Portsmouth Harbor). SEE DETAILS
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From HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
Early Photographs from the Collections of Strawbery Banke
by James L. Garvin & Susan Grigg, Peter Randall Publisher
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