On Oct. 25, the USS Constitution Museum held its annual A Salute to Service gala at the Fairmont Copley Plaza. Partygoers enjoyed a dinner, auction and awards ceremony honoring retiring U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas and Gary Kearney. Some 400 guests raised more than $330,000 to support the museum’s mission of engaging all ages in the story of “Old Ironsides” and helping spark excitement about maritime heritage and naval service.
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A Salute to Service
Highlights from high society
By Dana Bisbee | Nov. 21, 2018
Anne Grimes Rand, president of the USS Constitution Museum, and Nathaniel Shick, commanding officer of the USS Constitution
Event speaker Peter Smyth, overseer at WBUR-FM, and wife Cathy Smyth
Event co-chair Mary Beth Sandman, board member at the USS Constitution Museum, and husband Paul Sandman, chairman of the board at the Massachusetts Historical Society
Michele Gerosa and husband Cmdr. Robert Gerosa, former commanding officer of the USS Constitution
Event honorees U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas and Gary Kearney, physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
On Oct. 25, the USS Constitution Museum held its annual A Salute to Service gala at the Fairmont Copley Plaza. Partygoers enjoyed a dinner, auction and awards ceremony honoring retiring U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas and Gary Kearney. Some 400 guests raised more than $330,000 to support the museum’s mission of engaging all ages in the story of “Old Ironsides” and helping spark excitement about maritime heritage and naval service.
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