Local residents visit 'Old Ironsides'

From: Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me. | Date: July 28, 2006 | Copyright information

BOSTON - Two local residents were among 100 people in the Northeast states and their guests who were welcomed aboard the USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides"), the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, on July 22 for a tug-powered cruise around Boston Harbor, including a 21-gun salute from her cannons.

Winners Zac Anderson of Leeds and Susan Spellman of Auburn and their families joined the festivities aboard "Old Ironsides."

The cruise was the culmination of the sixth yea...

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