Alexander Milliner, Patriot

"Alexander Milliner lived for 105 years, serving as a drummer-boy in the American Revolution, aboard "Old Ironsides" in the War of 1812, and again sounding his drum for recruiting efforts during the Civil War."

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NY Historic featured the Alexander Milliner home here.

Mr. Milliner is listed among the Last Men of the Revolution. A photo of Alexander Milliner published in Life Magazine can be seen here.

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A New Article About Old Ironsides

An article about Old Ironsides on the Boston NPR site was mentioned in the The Weekly Genealogist.

"Bonner says most people know about the ship’s involvement in the War of 1812 — often called the second war of independence — but, he says, few people know about the ship’s history in Vietnam more than 100 years before the U.S. entered a war there."

Old Ironsides Poem

From Songs, Odes, and Other Poems On National Subjects: Naval:

U.S.S. Constitution Museum

The U.S.S. Constitution has a museum dedicated to it at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Charlestown, Massachusetts.

A Cannon From "Old Ironsides"

A cannon from the U.S. Frigate Constitution displayed in Lexington, Missouri:

The Constitution Of U.S. Frigate Constitution

Diagram of the construction of the Constitution from a display at Cumberland Island National Park Service Museum: