constitution" because it's a formative time in our nation's history when we were still a young, untested nation. but the men who worked aboard "constitution" accomplished great things that helped our nation to become more of a nation, through the war of 1812, we came out feeling more united, more of a national entity. and the ship really did sail in defense of the words in the document "constitution" and helped to prove we could live on as a nation with this new form of government. when you visit boston, "uss constitution" is still an active duty navy vessel with our active duty navy sailors giving tours on board ship. it's housed within the charlestown navy yard, which is a part of boston national historical park. so you see park rangers giving tours in the park, and of the world war ii destroyer. but here in the "uss constitution" museum, we are a private, nonprofit museum. we welcome all visitors. there's no set admission fee, but we welcome donations, since we're not funded by the government. the museum is open 7 days a week, 362 days a year, we hope you will take the time to visit boston,

constitution because it's a formative time in the nation's history when we were still a young, untested nation, but the men who worked aboard constitution accomplished great things that helped our nation to become more of the nation through the war of 1812 and we became more united and more of a national entity sailed in defense in the words of the document constitution and helped to prove that we could live on as a nation with this new form of government. when you visit constitution it's still an active-duty navy vessel with the active-duty navy sailors giving tours of the ship. it's part of the boston national historical park. you see park rangers giving tours in the park and a world war ii destroyer, but here in the uss constitution museum, we are a private non-profit museum and we welcome all visitors and we welcome donations which were not funded by the government. the museum is opened seven days a week and 362 days a year and we hope you take an opportunity to visit the ironsides and walk up the decks and try your hand as a sailor in 1812. you can watch this program at any time by visiti