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Constitution Day is a national day of educational programming enacted by Congress. Students engaged in activities that promote thoughtful commemoration of the creation and signing of the United States Constitution.
A small boat would ordinarily have hung from the davits. During an engagement it would have been towed behind to get it out of the way and to serve as a lifeboat if necessary.
Constitution Day is a national day of educational programming enacted by Congress. Students engaged in activities that promote thoughtful commemoration of the creation and signing of the United States Constitution.
Constitution Day is a national day of educational programming enacted by Congress. Students engaged in activities that promote thoughtful commemoration of the creation and signing of the United States Constitution.
Like the country bumpkin staring up at New York skyscrapers, I had to take a couple of shots of the mighty masts above my head.
The marker at the site says: "On this spot, beneath the shade of the elm, the Constitution of Indiana was framed in June 1816. This tree lived until 1925, attaining a height of fifty feet, a trunk diameter of five feet and a spread of one hundred and thirty-two feet. This monument was erected in 1936."
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Trip to DC for the Barbie Convention. Visit to the Constitution Gardens on the National Mall. Also included was the Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Constitution Day is a national day of educational programming enacted by Congress. Students engaged in activities that promote thoughtful commemoration of the creation and signing of the United States Constitution.
Constitution Gardens is part of the National Mall that is far less frequented by people who mainly bypass the pond to see the more famous nearby monuments and memorials. (That's understandable, but if you're lucky to catch this area in spring or autumn, it's really quite pretty if you take a few minutes to stop and look.)
This picture was taken just after sunrise on Sunday, 8 November 2020.