The Cruiser Olympia Historical Society, Inc.’s current mission is to support stewardship of the National Historical Landmark the USS Olympia and the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia as part of their Transfer Application Process (TAPP). Our activity shall be done to first protect the USS Olympia as the only remaining ship from the Spanish-American War and it must be preserved and made available to the General Public, so our history can be appreciated and remembered. The ship is also a National Mechanical Engineering Historical Landmark and must be preserved to demonstrate steam power technology.
The Society plans to raise monies to help preserve the ship and take her into dry dock and repair the ship, so she will last another 50 years. Once repaired, we hope that families, students and the general public can tour the USS Olympia and learn about the history of the ship and crews as part of the American History during the period 1898-1917.
I just donated, I love the Olympia Cruiser. It’s going to take a lot of work to get a ship like that restored, but it will no doubt be beautiful.
Your project sounds interesting and I am thinking about donating. Are you a 501c3? Thanks!
Yes we are a tax deductible 501c3.
Thanks for your reply! I tried to search for you but you don’t come up on the IRS website. (I hate to be a pest but my FP is insistent.)
we are a pa state corp. and a registured 501c1 look us up by our name, the cruiser olympa historical society
The IRS site does not get updated very frequently. We will look into it with the IRS and check with our board about posting the IRS acceptance letter on the site. Thanks.
the IRS updates it’s PUB-78 sight quarterly, in the mean time you can call them at 877-829-5500 to verify we are a non profit
Much appreciated for the information and share!
Nancy
Website looks real good!!!
Looks good so far. I hope lots of people open up their checkbooks before the economy totally tanks. “Our ship” needs all the help it can get.
Website lookin good so far!