Tourists turned away from Boston sites due to government shutdown
Tourists hoping to step aboard the U.S.S. Constitution were turned away Wednesday as the federal government shutdown halted scheduled tours of the nation's oldest floating warship.
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Tourists hoping to step aboard the U.S.S. Constitution were turned away Wednesday as the federal government shutdown halted scheduled tours of the nation's oldest floating warship.
Fort Sewall has been in Marblehead, Massachusetts for 381 years. It played a significant role in the War of 1812.
The U.S.S. Constitution also set sail in Boston Harbor.
"Old Ironsides" is the world's oldest commissioned warship that's still afloat.
A sailor was taken to the hospital Thursday evening after he was injured in a fall onboard the U.S.S. Constitution.
