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A $300,000 grant will go toward restoring a new visiting area aboard the USS Missouri, the last battleship ever built, and aboard which surrender documents were signed in Tokyo Bay ending World War II. $300,000 grant will
pay for partial restoration
of ‘Mighty Mo’Star-Bulletin staff
Key spaces being restored include the crew's library, chief petty officer's quarters, barbershop, laundry room, crew berthing and the brig.
The grant went to the nonprofit USS Missouri Memorial Association for its work in preserving the battleship, which is now a museum ship in Pearl Harbor.
At a White House ceremony this month, Save America's Treasures was honored for awarding grants this year to the "Mighty Mo" and 46 other historically significant projects nationwide.
Honorary chairperson of the organization is First Lady Hillary Clinton. Save America's Treasures is a public-private partnership formed in 1998 by the White House Millennium Council and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Its objective is to protect America's cultural treasures, including significant documents, works of art, maps, journals and historic structures that document and illuminate the history and culture of the United States.
Don Hess, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the USS Missouri Memorial Association, attended the White House ceremony.
"This award represents the vision of the Association's board of directors and the dedication of the staff and the more than 20,000 volunteers who have restored this historic battleship into a treasure for the nation to celebrate and enjoy," he said.