WHY SAVE THE USS OLYMPIA,
A NATIONAL TREASURE FROM THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR?
♦ Oldest steel hull warship afloat
♦ Beginning of the modern U.S. Blue Water Navy
♦ Dewey’s flagship at Battle of Manila Bay
♦ Only remaining ship from the Spanish-American War
♦ 1919-Murmansk Landings
♦ 1921-Returned remains of the Unknown Soldier from France to Arlington
♦ USNA Training Ship
♦ Naval & Mechanical Engineering treasure
WHY BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA?
♦ The Spanish American War in South Carolina
♦ Historic Fort Fremont & Hospital
♦ Dry Dock at Parris Island
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