The White House

@POTUS , as I write this, the historic SS United States is being towed out of Mobile. Built by World War II veterans and American shipbuilders, this American flagship is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Okaloosa County plans to sink her in the Gulf of America the day after Veterans Day, and during America’s 250th anniversary. What a terrible metaphor for our nation at 250 to honor those who served one day and sink what they built the next. I can’t imagine you would want to be remembered as the President who stood by while one county's actions sank an American flagship named UNITED STATES. The County made its choice. Now you can make yours. Mr. President, please sign an executive order today directing your administration to take every lawful step to stop the sinking and save the SS United States. There’s American heritage worth saving and restoring far beyond Washington. Here’s a chance to put your name to the rescue of a ship that already bears our nation’s name. We the People are calling on you in her eleventh hour. If we stand idle and surrender our past to the tyranny of erasure, we put America’s future at risk. With a stroke of your pen, you can set in motion a rescue that could become one of the proudest moments of America’s 250th year. She’s under tow. She’s still afloat. There’s still time to save her. What say you, Mr. President? Will you be her champion? Carlos Camacho Jr. Co-Founder, SS United States Preservation Foundation Inc @SSUSPF488