Help Save the Delta Queen today

You can show your support for the continuation of overnight excursions aboard the Delta Queen this afternoon at 12:30 PM.

A press conference and rally featuring U.S. Representative Steve Chabot will be taking place at the National Steamboat Monument (the big paddlewheel outside of GABP).

Earlier this month, Chabot introduced a stand-alone bill, H.R. 3852, which would grant the Delta Queen and exemption from the Safety at Sea Act until 2018.

The fate of the Delta Queen would be divorced from the Coast Guard funding bill, where action has stalled.

Speculation is that this event will get national media coverage.

Organizers of the Save the Delta Queen campaign are hoping for a crowd of over 1,000.

Previous reading on BC:
Help save the Delta Queen! (8/17/07)