Got to do the Liberty Trail in Boston today. Definitely worth the time, but the highlight of the trip was visiting the USS Constitution. There was something about actually standing on "on ironsides" - the ship commissioned by G. Washington, that fought off the shores of Tripoli, and that fought in the War of 1812, and she is simply beautiful, and still afloat. Fatalist that I am, and with all my talk of letting her go down, I still appreciate the metaphor.
She is still crewed by enlisted navy. The young woman organizing the tours had just been assigned there.. talk about a place to serve your tour of duty.
