the restoration of the Falls of Clyde. Sitting on a verandah of the Princess Kaiulani Hotel watching the sun sink in the west, we had a sinking feeling ourselves. I made a mistake doubling the estimate of the experts . .. I should have multiplied by 25; we were looking a total cost of $5 million! I reported to the board that the Kaiulani project, as we knew it, was over. Mr. Hutchison left Washington for another commitment, and Peter Stanford, who had established the South Street Seaport Museum in New York, was elected president of NMHS. The Society still sought a way to bring Kaiulani back to American shores after Hutchison's departure, but the vessel was broken up in 197 4. Kaiulani's wheel retains a place of honor in NMHS headquarters in Peekskill, New York. !,
Alan Hutchison's account of the NMHS Kaiulani efforts can be found in Sea History 94-95, (2000-2001).
Philippine president Diosdado Macapagal presented Kaiulani to the American people as a symbol ofPhilippine-US friendship in a visit to the White House on 5 October 1964. Here, President Macapagal and US President Lyndon Johnson admire a model ofthe barque and a painting by renowned marine artist Oswald Brett. Behind them is the Kaiulani' s wheel, now displayed at NMHS headquarters in Peekskill, New York. One month Later, on 23 November, NMHS president Alan Hutchison accepted the title to the ship in Manila on behalf of the American people.
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