"Old Ironsides" (U.S.S. Constitution) arrives at the Government Wharf in front of the U.S. Custom House for a goodwill visit to Wilmington on November 21, 1931.

During her eight day stay, over 42,000 children and adults from all over North Carolina visited the famous ship. The three-masted frigate was commissioned in 1798 and participated in the War with Tripoli in 1803-1804. She was also a veteran of the War of 1812. The ship was immortalized in the poem, "Old Ironsides," by Oliver Wendell Homes and is on permanent exhibition at the Boston Navy Yard.

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