On December
2, 2003, Congresswoman Pelosi participated in a celebratory send off for
the 1895 West Coast schooner, C.A. Thayer. The vessel will undergo a $9.6
million restoration.
This year Rep. Pelosi obtained 4.2 million in funding for this project in this year's Interior spending bill. Congresswoman Pelosi is joined by Deborah Hornberger, Trustee of San Francisco Maritime National Park Association, Anne Halsted, VP San Francisco National Park Association, Eamon O'Byrne, Age of Sail Program Manager, Elizabeth Kibbey, CEO San Francisco Maritime National Park Association, Neil Chaitin, Trustee, San Francisco Maritime National Park Association, George Fleharty, Trustee, San Francisco Maritime National Park Association, Tom LaTour, Chairman and CEO Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants. Congresswoman Pelosi with students from the Maritime National Park Association's "Age of Sail" program. |