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Item 2 Why did Oliver Wendell Holmes write about the USS Constitution when rumors held that the ship was going to be scrapped? Holmes regularly wrote about the military history of the United States. Holmes agreed with the decision to scrap the USS Constitution. The ship was a link to the nation's history and a symbol of its strength. The ship was one on which Holmes had served during the War of 1812.

Answer 1

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Old Ironsides" is a poem written by American writer Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., on September 16, 1830, as a tribute to the eighteenth-century frigate USS Constitution. Thanks in part to the poem, it was saved from being decommissioned and is now the oldest commissioned ship in the world still afloat

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Answer 2

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The ship was one on which Holmes had served during the War of 1812.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote a poem called Old Ironsides named after the USS constitution of the 18th century frigate. "Old Ironsides" was the name of the ship he served during the war of 1812. The ship was strong and imposing and survived many violent battles, so Holmes was very attached and grateful for all the protection the ship provided.