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Show AMERICANS ARE URGED TO HELP REBUILD THE FRIGATE CONSTITUTION The Famous American Vessel Better Known as "Old Ironsides' h Now Being Rebuilt at the Navy Yard In Boston, Massachusetts. Today In the Navy Yard at Bo ton lies a wooden hulk. Tlmo has furled her sails and shorn her o( ' her masts. The ravages of decay nave rendered her Umbers unsea-.worthy. unsea-.worthy. This Is no common hulk, but the ship that was once a navy. Veteran of more than one hundred and thirty-one years of loyal service to her country, she is now the proud possessor of the most brilliant fighting fight-ing record of any ship In any navy In the world. She is known affectionately affec-tionately as "Old Ironsides" The U. S. Frigate Constitution. Although she bears the scars of 43 engagements, her colors have never been dipped in defeat. One of the first three naval vessels built by the United States, she was launched lu Hartt's Shipyard, Boston, Bos-ton, in 1797. Commissioned in 1798, eho sailed against the French Privateers, Pri-vateers, who wero preying on oar commerce along the AUantlo Coast and in West Indian waters, leaving destruction in their wake. Her next duty took her Into the blun waters of the Mediterranean, whero from 1S03 to 1805 she bombarded bom-barded the forts of Tripoli, dictating peace with the Barbary Pirates and forever ending our tributo to them. During the war of 1812 she won a succession of victories ever the British Ccct, increasing our prestige abroad and inspiring at home a greater faith in the new Republic. "Old Ironsides' stood invincible against the great English navy and ' fought for our independence on the sea, as, two generations before, the colonists had fought for it on land. Her remarkable escape from the British squadron off the coast of New Jersey In July of 1812, the de-struct' de-struct' in of the Guerriere, the capture cap-ture of the Java, the Cyane and the Levant, make pages of romantic leading in the history of our eoun- i try. Her conquests not only established estab-lished ovr freedom of the seas in I 1812 am: . !o of the United States a first-class sea power, they did more. The moral effect of her victories vic-tories npon the eountry, serving to nnite opposing factions and teni- i torles in a fooling of national pride I and nnity of purpose, cannot be over-estimated. Staunch as her frreat name. tb.a'CoasUtuUoa va aV j OLD IRONSIDES AY, tear kr UtUrad eatlffn dowat Lag hu It waved on high. Aaa many mm ra ka dancad la H. That baonar la tka krt BcDaath II runt tba kattla bout. And feurst tba canaoa'a roar Tba aieteor al tba aceaa air Shall awaaa tba clouaa aa aura. Har Jack aaca rad with bar' blood. WW kuh tba vaaauiabad foa, Wbaa wiada war konylaa a'ar tba flood. - : Aad wm ware wbita balow, -Ha Bvara ahall faal tha victor's traad. Or know tba caaquarad kaaa Tba barplaa of tba ahora ahall pluck . Tba aacfo of tba ual Ob bat tor that bar tattarad balk Should aink beoaath tba wava Har tbuadars ahaok tba mlfhty detp, r , And thara abeuld ba bar cravat Nail to bar moot bar holy flag. Sat aary threadbara aall, Aad (iva har la tba (ad of (tornu, Tba lifhtainf aad tha gale I OUvar Wandoll Ilolaaas. most a navy In herself. Ever invincible, in-vincible, she has served under every President from Washington to Coolldge, and boasts of a record that has never been equalled by any single fighting ship. Now In the shadow of the Bunker H1U Monument, near the yard that gave her birth, "Old Ironsides" rests In the dry dock she christened. She awaits rebuilding to make her sound, remodelled from truck to keel, exactly as she was in her days of great glory, the history-making days of 1812. No federal appropriation ap-propriation assures her preservation, preserva-tion, nor is one desired. Only the generous response of a grateful nation na-tion can save her. The National Save "Old Ironsides" Committee, of i which Rear Admiral Philip An- draws, U. S. Navy, is chairman, is raising sufficient funds for the work through popular subscription. Over ' i 630,000 havelready been received : loss than $190,000 are still required. The Save "Old Ironsides" Fund is being completed principally through the sale of beautifully ten-color ten-color lithographs from the original painting by the famous marine nr-tlst, nr-tlst, Gordon ' Grant, depicting the famous ship as she looked at the hoigbt of her brilliant carcar. These are reasonably priced at 60 cents ' . . each. There la no relic more worthy of - . tha affections of a Nhtioa than is the Frigate Constitution. On her decks are enshrined tha proud traditions tra-ditions for which America stands. She represents the ideals for which o'.ir country has always strlved, the Inincipies that give to our Nation 1U prestige among the nations of the world. It is a patriotic privllogo to contribute to her restoration as a National Floating Monument By : restoring her, we honor not only "Old Ironsides," tut the men, who by their bravery and skill, brought her to such renown and made such glorious history for America. Every American knows of Inde-rendence Inde-rendence Hail and would not think of letting it fall into decay. Loud would be the protest from every corner of our country should it be i proposed to destroy Mount Vernon 0'ir National Shrine. Like theae ' historic relics, the Frigate Constl- 1 tution belongs to every American. Kobullt and equipped as she looked in the history-mAktng days of 1812, a picturesque survivor of the bygono days of sail, she will again cruise tlia seas, with proper escort, visiting visit-ing the ports of our conntry and , carrying her patriotic message to . ' the people of our country, a l.-wtlnK ' Inspiration to future generations of Americans. j The people of America owe a debt , of gratitude to this champion of . our liberties and rtnhts as a uatloa. . ' This debt can only bo repaid tiy restoration of the Constitution thru popular subscription. Every American is urged to buy a , picture of "Old Ironsides" and holn M make possible the repayment of the debt we owe her.' The pictures may ( be obtained for 60 cents each by , writing to "Old Ironsides" Navy 1 Vard, 431, Boston, Massachusetts. C |