Roadtripping Through History: From a Civil War Sailor to the War of 1812's Naval Officer Jesse Elliott

I have been writing about Henry Schutes, a Civil War sailor who received the Medal of Honor and is buried in Philadelphia's Mount Moriah Cemetery.  So, I had to check out this cemetery and see if anyone else was buried there of interest and a lot of people were.

One of them was a War of 1812 naval officer of some repute named Jesse Elliott.  So I had to do sone research on him.

I have already written about Elliott in this blog in connection with John B. Montgomery having served under him at the Battle of Lake Erie.

It turns out that a big disagreement between Elliott and Oliver Hazard Perry grew out of the Battle of Lake Erie.

--Brock-Perry

USS Constitution Commemorates the 80th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor

From the December 7, 2021, WVCB Channel 5 ABC Boston.

The USS Constitution commemorated the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor Tuesday at the Charlestown Navy Yard.

The commemoration included the laying of a wreath aboard the USS Cassin Young (DD-793), a World War II destroyer named after Captain Cassin Young who received a Medal of Honor at Pearl Harbor and was later killed at Guadalcanal.

The Cassin Young is a museum ship today and tied up across from the USS Constitution.

There was a gun salute from the USS Constitution.

The USS Constitution is the world's oldest commissioned warship afloat and  played a crucial role in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812 and actively defended sea lanes from 1797 to 1855.

--Brock-Perry