THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, May 13, 1996 TAG: 9605100013
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A6 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 36 lines
The people in this region, especially the citizens of Norfolk, have much to be proud of in the National Maritime Center - Nauticus. However, the way The Virginian-Pilot presents it in print, our citizens, and our visitors, would never know it.
The Business Weekly section (April 22) reported on efforts to attract visitors (and the jobs, business and taxes they bring) to our area. Nauticus is one of the principal attractions we have in the total package from Colonial Williamsburg to the seashore at Virginia Beach.
Despite its growing pains, Nauticus is doing what it was intended to do - attract visitors. Its worth to the city is far greater than merely the number of admissions. It reflects the close connection that we have with our Maritime Heritage, and our Navy is celebrated in the Hampton Roads Naval Museum on the 2nd floor.
Nauticus is an educational, cultural and entertainment resource for this entire area. What it needs is a more-positive and supportive view of this unique facility and not the sort of negativism reflected in your unfair and misleading headline (MetroNews front, April 16) about the changes in admission prices.
EDWARD W. WOLCOTT, president
Hampton Roads Naval
Historical Foundation
Norfolk, April 24, 1996 by CNB