USS Constitution To Keep Firing Away

BOSTON (WCVB) - The USS Constitution will continue firing its cannons twice a day across Boston Harbor as it has done for more than 200 years despite the objections of well-heeled neighbors.
Timothy Cooper, the commanding officer of the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, told the Boston Herald that he has decided to carry on the tradition even after getting a letter from some neighbors asking for a sit-down meeting to discuss the noise. Continued

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