One of the treasures of New England was recently featured in a final question on the Jeopardy game show. The question dealt with an 1830 poem that saved an historical item. Only one of the contestants got the correct answer: Old Ironsides/USS Constitution, the world's oldest floating commissioned naval vessel.
This heavy frigate was launched in 1797 and served in the War of 1812. It earned its nickname, “Old Ironsides,” in a battle with HMS Guerriere, in which many of the rounds fired by the British warship bounced harmlessly off the Constitution.
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