BOSTON (NNS) -- To safely celebrate Independence Day during the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, USS Constitution is scheduled to host a series of presentations on July 4, using Facebook Live. The full series of live events will run approximately three hours and will include a 21-gun salute, tours of the ship, climbing demonstrations, boarding pike drills, 19th-century gun drills, and a public trivia contest, giving viewers a chance to win one of 21 saluting battery rounds fired from the ship. `July Fourth is one of our biggest events of the year, and we`re pulling out all the stops for this virtual celebration,` said Cmdr. John Benda, USS Constitution`s 76th commanding officer. He...
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