The Julian News 11
May 23, 2018
...and then having a community picnic.
We are marching in the parade...
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Old Ironsides
by Joachin de Bachs
This column could have been a prequel to my recent writing of the Barbary War. On March 24, 1794 the United States Congress passed the Naval Act of 1794. The Revolutionary War was over and as a result, merchant American ships no longer came under the protection of the worldwide presence of the British Navy. American merchant ships were under constant threat of seizure by the Barbary states in North African waters among others and merchant seamen were often held hostage or forced into slavery. As the French revolution progressed, both the British and French among others would impress American sailors into their navies. The Naval Act that provided funding for six frigates was passed with a lot of opposition. There was a proviso that a tight fisted congress would suspend funding in whole or in part if peace were reached with the Barbary states. Work was begun on the frigates USS United States, Constellation, Constitution, President, Congress and the Chesapeake. Peace was reached with Algiers and in March of 1796 and funding was suspended on all six ships. George Washington lent his weight to continue construction and within about a month Congress reauthorized funding for three ships. By 1798 in response to the Quasi War with France, Congress reauthorized funding for the balance of the ships. Four of the Frigates would be armed with forty-four guns and two would carry thirty-six guns. They were three masted ships that were larger and generally better armed than other frigates of their day. Their design was coveted so much that when the British captured the USS President in the War of 1812 they pressed her into service as the HMS President until she was broken up in 1819. They copied her design and in 1829 she was launched as the second HMS President. All six of the ships served ably and nobly during the War of 1812. They were all part of the first formalized American Navy that provided for officers and sailors, rank, pay, and procedures, as well as traditions that have lasted to present times. As with all wooden ships of the 18th and 19th century, they met their fate in battle, or by being broken up at the end of their usefulness. The Constellation, nicknamed the “Yankee Racehorse,” because of her speed, the Congress and the United States, the “Old Wagon,” were all demolished. The Chesapeake captured in battle by the British in 1813, was sold for its timbers and lumber. One of the original frigates though has not only withstood battle on the seas, never losing an engagement, it has miraculously stood the test of time. Not only that but 221 years later the USS Constitution, that black hulled American menace of the seas with its copper bottom fitted by Paul Revere is still a commissioned United States Naval Vessel. It was built in Boston’s North End, not far from the Old North Church where oneth by land, twoeth by sea was the signal by candles in its steeple as to how the invading British were invading prior their march on Lexington and Concord. Her hull was laid in November 1794 and she was launched three years later in October of 1797. She was 304 feet long
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Remembering on Memorial Day picnic
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In Loving Memory Memorial Day is a day for remembering – a day for thinking about all the people who have sacrificed so much for our country. Read the clues to fill in the crossword:
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1. First, Ben is getting up early to go to a service in the cemetery. 2. Next, he is to carry the flag in the Memorial Day Parade. 3. Later, Ben is going on a family picnic. Can you help him find his way through his busy and A-mazing Memorial Day? For a bigger challenge, find your way using each path only one time!
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Jefferson, to engage the Barbary Pirates who were playing havoc with American shipping in the Mediterranean. Where the Constitution really made her fame though was during the War of 1812 under command of Isaac Hull when she engaged the British ship Guerriere. After capturing and burning three British ships near Halifax, she returned to Boston to re-supply then headed a hundred miles southeast to confront the Guerriere. The HMS Frigate Guerriere was a smaller ship and fired at the Constitution when it got in range. The Constitution responded with full broadsides at a range of 75 feet and devastated the British frigate. The Guerriere lost masts and rigging and its ability to maneuver and the ships locked together while still firing cannon and musket by the
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A Booming Salute!
The firing of weapons is often used to mark special occasions. On Memorial Day you may hear a twenty-one gun salute during which seven servicepeople with rifles shoot three times. Connect the dots to see another weapon that you may hear fired at a special ceremony.
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Marines. High seas prevented boarding and when the ships finally parted, the Constitution devastated the Guerriere. Guerriere’s shots at close range did little or no damage to the hull of the Constitution causing an American sailor, as legend would have it, to say that her “sides were made or iron.” As the news of the victory spread, so did its new moniker of “Old Ironsides.” In addition to numerous engagements during the War of 1812, “Old Ironsides” fought battles during the Barbary War, the Battle of Tripoli Harbor against the HMS Java and the simultaneous battle against HMS Cyane and Levant where a 32 pound ball became embedded in its hull from close firing. The USS Constitution never lost a battle. It has sailed around the world in an ambassadorial role hosting heads of state and a Pope.
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It is still a commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy with six officers and forty-six enlisted sailors. Under its power on its 200th anniversary in 1997 it sailed. It is free to the public for touring. While in Boston it is not to be missed. When you board her the air of the ghosts of American Sailors are as present as the sound of the rubbing lines. In the era of wooden fighting ships when their useful life was about fifteen years, the Constitution’s age is a testimony to America’s love for “Old Ironsides.” *** A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle. — George William Curtis ***
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