SS United States Conservancy

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June 23, 2013 - Major Media Coverage for Philadelphia Outreach Events

The SS United States Conservancy's recent outreach events in Philadelphia--including massive illuminations atop the PECO Building and the Cira Centre and a rally in LOVE Park rally on June 18th--to save Philadelphia's own 'Lady in the Harbor' and America's Flagship, the SS United States, has garnered significant attention in the local media. Sources such as The Philadelphia Inquirer, local CBS and FOX television news affiliates, WHYY Newsworks, and iradiophilly have covered the event, highlighting the ship's plight, the Conservancy's SOS Campaign to raise $500,000 for the preservation of the ship, the crowd-funding platform employed at Save The United States, and the designer William Francis Gibbs' connections to Philadelphia."It's quite an extraordinary experience to go aboard the ship," Conservancy executive director Susan Gibbs WHYY, Philadelphia's NPR affiliate. "Even though it's dark and there is a flashlight in hand, the ship still evokes the seagoing glamour of the 50's and 60's."Help the SS United States Conservancy preserve the ship for future generations by becoming a member or donating through our crowd-funding site SaveTheUnitedStates.org