so we were able to find a letter at the national archives from the treasurer saying yes, david dobias was paid in 1814 for his service on constitution. what we don't know, the local records at the courthouse burned. so we don't know if that letter was enough to free david from prison or if he was sold into slavery. here we see richard dunn who we learned was injured during the battle and lost his leg. we just recently learned that another museum in portsmouth, new hampshire, actually has his sunday leg, the wooden leg he would have worn on special occasions on sundays. it's displayed there when the house is open in the summertime, but in the winter we look forward to displaying it here at the "uss constitution" museum. in this exhibit we hope visitors will have an opportunity to meet the sailors and to think about what was it like if i had lived 200 years ago what would i have done in a similar situation. the men who served 200 years ago were ordinary men, but they served aboard at an extraordinary time and what they did together had an impact on our nation as a whole. here at the "us

youngest crew member we know of to have served on the "constitution" during the war of 1812 was david dobias, only 8 years old. here in our exhibit, we use him to help teach people how to learn the ropes, how to tie the knots they need to shorten sail. having looked at the daily life of a sailor working on the decks of "constitution," we take a look at battle. that is obviously infrequent but what you train for every day. we have a battle theater that looks at the anticipation when sailors are called to their battle stations, the thoughts of waiting. there is a wonderful quote, the dart of death hangs and no one knows on whose head it will fall. you can think about being a sailor at their guns waiting for battle to start. during battle it is what you practice for and train for and the teamwork that makes the ship an effective fighting crew and the aftermath of battle, when you go to the decks of the enemy ship and you see what your guns have wrought, that's really powerful and the words of the sailors describing that are very potent. here we take a look at the impact after battle. you have t