Please sign this petition to save the Falls Of Clyde.

 

To the Honorable Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Interior;  the Honorable Linda Lingle, Governor of Hawaii; Pua Aiu, Hawaii State Historic Preservation Administrator; the Board of Directors of the Bishop Museum; and Timothy Johns, President, Director and Chief Executive Officer of  the Bishop Museum;

 

The Falls of Clyde is of both state, national, and international significance.  Once registered under the Hawaiian flag, she is the only historic sailing ship left in the isles.  Until her recent derigging by the Bishop Museum she was the only surviving iron-hulled four-masted full rigged ship in the world.  Today she still remains the only surviving sail-driven oil tanker.

 

Designated by the Secretary of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark, the Falls of Clyde was deemed to possess exceptional value and quality in illustrating the heritage of the United States.  She is one of fewer than 2,500 historic places to bear this national distinction and only one of thirty-three national landmarks in Hawaii.

 

From the voyages of ancient Polynesians to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the sea has been one of the greatest influences on Hawaii.   Hawaiian monarchs sailed to foreign lands on tall ships.  Immigrants - our ancestors - came to the isles from Asia, the South Pacific, Europe, and North America.  It is important that we have the Falls of Clyde to celebrate and interpret Hawaii's maritime history and tell this story to our children and our visitors.

 

Where as we believe it is important to save the Falls of Clyde and that it is possible to restore the ship, we demand that all alternatives to preserve and restore the ship be explored before the ship is deliberately sunk.  We ask that the Bishop Museum meet with concerned groups and individuals in good faith, and that the representatives and employees of the museum honor this artifact of Hawaiian, American, and international history with the respect she deserves.

 

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