let s get her in ship shape for the fourth of july holiday. what s in store for me now. headed to the ship shop. where the all happens? where it all happens. what are we working on right now. we do the welding, ship shifting, refair. fabricating foundations. i know you guys respecting me to work today. sure. can i get in on this action, too? i can make some sparks. we call it burning rods. you want to try to burn a rod. okay. you want to come try this? absolutely. ready to go. not too bad for a rookie. the uss yorktown is 76
what a patriotic back drop at patriot s point in charleston, south carolina. i did get a tour of the u.s.s. yorktown but they put me to work. it takes a lot of work to get this ship in tip-top shape. more than 300,000 visitors come to this museum every year. the main attraction the u.s.s. worktown. let s get her in shape for the fourth of july holiday. headed to the ship header shop where it all happens. what are we working on now? we do the welding, ship fitting, fabricating foundations. chip repair. i know you want me to work today. can i get in on this action, too? i can make some sparks. burning rods. you want to try to burn a rod. okay.
are you coming up with me? no, i think you ve got it. on my own? you got it. here we go. we re going up. thanks for having us. i was trying to i had to paint over it for an odd reason. the u.s.s. yorktown is impressive and can carry up to 100 airplanes and 3,000 people. now 300,000 people come to patriots point each year as visitors and get to be part of living history. not just the u.s.s. yorktown but also a submarine and destroyer. alicia and jon, i want everybody at home to send in pictures using the #proud
little intimidating for some people but it s why we re free. men and women had to die. families lost their children. we had to engage in some very bloody wars to have the freedoms that we have today. the least that we can do is to show respect and to thank them for those sacrifices that were made. jon: when my son was at west point he called me and said firing an abrams tank was the about the coolest thing he ever did. i think it would be a lot of fun. i don t mind seeing them on the ground. i agree. jon: thank you for being with us. alicia: so this is cool on this fourth of july holiday. fox news a getting a tour of the u.s.s. yorktown. we re in mount pleasant, south carolina with the story. great to see you. thank you for having me back.
the uss yorktown if that is where you are for the fireworks is amazing. they will go off right above you and shower down on you. unreal. we are just feeling the humidity. i wanted to mention what you saw in the package, big mac and larry they get pampered in the stables with ice buckets and all that because the humidity and the heat is so strong. they get to meet anna cornyn. heather: tune in all day thursday, july 4th, for our live coverage, we will be right back.