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Sweeping Up (Some Things Never Change)

A sailor wearing a 19th century uniform is using a hand brush and a dust pan to sweep up around cannon
Description: Painting, Acrylic on Canvas Board; by Kristopher John Battles; 2014; Framed Dimensions 12H X14W
Accession #: 2014-052-04
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Sailors from every era have swept and swabbed the deck, and if you’re a crewman on board USS Constitution, you’re called to be even more vigilant in keeping her pristine. A sailor here is depicted with brush and dust pan, sweeping the deck after Constitution’s “turnaround cruise” in Boston Harbor on October 17, 2014.

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