Attraction · 1797 · Boston
USS Constitution
also known as Old Ironsides
The world’s oldest commissioned warship still afloat, launched in Boston in 1797 and nicknamed "Old Ironsides" in the War of 1812.
Photograph · Wikimedia Commons
Why it matters
One of the oldest things still standing in the region — dated to 1797, and tied to 3 other entities across four centuries of the city’s record.
Open the full civic recordCurrent pulse, routes, recommendations, and memory
Living object
Now, then, future
Every object is temporal: what it feels like now, what it used to mean, and what it can become next.
Now
Thenlively. Best now: the older layer.
1630: Historic cemetery in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Future2026: America’s 250th — July 4, 2026.
Current modegolden hour
Historical echoPhipps Street Burying Ground
Connected eventCharlestown 400 (2029)
Pulse
How it feels right now
Current energylively
Best nowthe older layer
Best timegolden hour
historicCharlestown
Rain scoremodest
Indoor escapes within a few blocks.
Laptop friendlinesslow
Coffee, libraries, bookstores, and campus edges.
Student presencehigh
How strongly the nearby graph reads as campus life.
Tourist pressurelow
Fame, landmark pull, and visitor-facing assets.
Historic densityextreme
Older records and historical edges around this object.
Serendipitypromising
Different kinds of things hiding within a short walk.
Turn this into a walk
Routes with a point of view
What should I see next?
Chosen moves from here
The editor's hand
Human recommendations
Civic memory
What this meant before
17971797USS Constitution enters the civic record here.1843Bunker Hill MonumentA 221-foot granite obelisk marking the June 17, 1775 battle; 294 steps to the top, no elevator, earned views.1630Phipps Street Burying GroundHistoric cemetery in Charlestown, Massachusetts.1780Warren TavernAmong the oldest taverns in Massachusetts (1780), named for the Bunker Hill martyr Dr.
- Established
- 1797
- Address
- Charlestown Navy Yard
- Online
- Official site ↗
- Graph connections
- 3
Plan your visit
Websiteussconstitutionmuseum.org ↗
Get there
Follow USS Constitution
In the graph 3 relationships — first-class data, not links
Explore USS Constitution in the interactive Graph Explorer — click to expand every connection →Nearby what sits within a few minutes’ walk
Building / Landmark · 1 min walk
Paul Revere’s Landing
Building / Landmark · 1 min walk
Charlestown Navy Yard
Building / Landmark · 1 min walk
Charlestown Navy Yard Visitor Center
An unexpected connection
USS Constitution is linked, through the graph, to Charlestown — neighborhood, 9 min walk away. The kind of thread you only find by following the connections.
Keep exploring graph-powered — every path below is a real relationship, not a guess
NearbyA few minutes’ walk away
Also in CharlestownShares a neighborhood
More attractionsOther attractions in the graph
From the Revolutionary eraOf the same period
Visitors also exploreReached through the same connections
One record, 1 framing cross-property publishing — never duplicated
How we know graph confidence — we explain our certainty, not just assert it
✓Source qualityBest source is primary / institutional
✓Independent corroboration4 sources across 2 tiers
✓Human-reviewedEditorially verified
✓Institutional backingCites a primary or institutional source
✓Record completeness100% of canonical fields present
Sources, by tier
US Navy Primary / institutional
NPS Primary / institutional
OpenStreetMap way/166151194 Open reference
U.S. National Park Service (NPS API) Primary / institutional
The same entity, elsewhere
Graph scores — our north star is relationship density, not page count
Relationship density35
3 connections
Record coverage100
metadata completeness
Graph authority29
centrality + reach + trust
Schema.org JSON-LD — what answer engines read
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