🛳'Old Ironsides'😎

Before joining the War of 1812, the USS Constitution was already a formidable frigate. It was originally built to protect and escort American merchant ships in lieu of the Barbary Pirates and British and French bullying. It is responsible for the treaty of Tripoli and safely guiding ships through French waters to and from the West Indies. This 2200 ton 44-gun beast was also influenced and helped built by the one and only - Paul Revere.

In the summer of 1812, it was sequestered to fight the British. The most epic battle was one (today) with the British warship Guerrière near Boston. Claims were that the ship was impenetrable and that canon fire seemed to 'bounce off' of the ship which ultimately defeated the British and was dubbed 'Old Ironsides'. It went on to give the Americans a major morale boost and even destroyed and captured another 7 ships during the war and gave the young US military the victory.

Hashtag - #thealliance

We now honor those that are using our family tag - #thealliance. These 'history' posts are getting some attention as I also include my three picks for curated content between now and the last issue. The three creators are beneficiaries of these posts. What would be a good percentage for these lovely humans? 20 sounds good, anniversary and all.