Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In addition to keeping a logbook, which was required of all midshipmen, young Pardon Mawney Whipple kept a letterbook to remember his time at sea from 1813 to 1820. Learn more in this artifact video.
This video has been made possible by a National Endowment for the Humanities: CARES Act Grant. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this video do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
In addition to keeping a logbook, which was required of all midshipmen, young Pardon Mawney Whipple kept a letterbook to remember his time at sea from 1813 to 1820. Learn more in this artifact video.
This video has been made possible by a National Endowment for the Humanities: CARES Act Grant. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this video do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.







![We Remember - Honoring the Souls Lost While Serving Aboard USS CONSTITUTION
This Memorial Day weekend, the USS Constitution Museum remembers all those lost while serving aboard USS CONSTITUTION, and honors the sailors and Marines whose service is forever part of the ship’s story.
This video features Gordon Grant’s 1927 painting of CONSTITUTION, commissioned by the Secretary of the Navy to help raise funds for the restoration of “Old Ironsides.” Reproduced as a lithograph, the image was purchased by a million Americans who joined in honoring the legacy of CONSTITUTION and its crew.
Learn more at usscm.org.
Featured image: Gordon Grant, USS Constitution, 1927. USS Constitution Museum Collection. Dr. and Mrs. Louis Arthur Norton Gift. [2182.1] We Remember - Honoring the Souls Lost While Serving Aboard USS CONSTITUTION](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xUfDmcZU9Ks/mqdefault.jpg)


