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Dear Fellow Shipmate,
As most of you probably
know, a sizeable number of our fellow shipmates have spent a number of
years building a remarkably nice museum in honor of the ship and crew of
our beloved 'Thunder'. In addition to filling up a berthing compartment
on our sister and host ship, the USS Salem CA-139, (the world's only
preserved heavy gun cruiser) berthed in the Fore River Shipyard at
Quincy, Massachusetts, our museum crew has restored the interior and
exterior of Turret #2, which is dedicated as a memorial to our mates who
lost their life in the turret explosion of October, 1972 off the coast
of Viet Nam. We also maintain several other spaces and areas which have
been placed in our care by the U.S. Navy Shipbuilding Museum, which
operates the USS Salem as a museum ship.
All of this takes money to
properly maintain, so as you have probably guessed, that's the reason
we're sending this note out to all of our fellow shipmates. We'd like
for all of our Newport News shipmates to become "Members" of the USS
Newport News CA-148 Museum & Memorial Foundation, Inc., coughing up
enough money in the process to properly maintain our museum and support
our working parties throughout the year. To pay our fair share of the
USS Salem maintenance cost (sort of like our museum space "rent") we
hope to be able to give a generous cash donation to the Salem each year
to help cover heat and electricity costs. In addition, volunteers have
ongoing needs for cleaning supplies, replacement light bulbs, repairing
damaged items and upgrades to our audiovisual displays. We also support
working parties with paint, food & water, brushes, needle guns,
protective gear, and the like. Between all of those needs, it adds up to
several thousand dollars a year just to keep our museum open for the
public.
So we are looking for your
help, and are asking you all to become Supporting Members of YOUR
museum. Annual dues are just $15 per person or $25 for a family
membership (more would be certainly appreciated.) In return, you'll
receive a handsome membership card, free admission to the USS Salem any
time you're in the area, and your fellow shipmate's heartfelt thanks.
Just fill out the info below, write a check to the USS Newport News
Museum, and drop both in the mail it to Bob. All donations are tax
deductible. Thanks for your help, shipmate!!!
Name__________________________________________________Phone_______________
Address_________________________________________________State________Zip_____
Email
_______________________ Division________Rank/Rate_________Years__________
Enclosed is my contribution
of _____$15(individual)_____$25(family) _____$more (generous)
Mail to: Bob Freeman,
Treasurer - 3 Nevens ST. - Hudson, NH 03051
The below links are where you can see what has been
donated so far, or make your donation offer, and a history of items
donated for the USS NEWPORT NEWS MUSEUM/MEMORIAL
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Do you have
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Go here
if you have items to donate to our museum, let us know
what you have to offer. We will check to see if the museum needs
these items, or maybe we already have too many of the and will let
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New
Memorabilia Donations Made |
List of items items donations made for the
time period starting Aug. 2001 through March 2006 |
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Memorabilia Donations
Made |
Original Donations. List of
items and their donators for the Museum that were donated before
Aug 2001 . |
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History of financial contributions made |
Income and
Expense history of our project.
Were is the money coming from and where is it going? |
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