Cuts reduce daily number of Arizona Memorial tours

By William Cole

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 08, 2013

~~<p>Museums that operate in orbit around the USS Arizona Memorial are hoping federal sequestration funding cuts don’t have a ripple effect on their nonprofit businesses.</p>
<p>The National Park Service, which oversees the Arizona Memorial, cut back Wednesday on its daily boat tours to the memorial, with the last memorial visit program now starting at 1 p.m. instead of 3 p.m., said Eileen Martinez, chief of interpretation for the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument.</p>
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Museums that operate in orbit around the USS Arizona Memorial are hoping federal sequestration funding cuts don’t have a ripple effect on their nonprofit businesses.

The National Park Service, which oversees the Arizona Memorial, cut back Wednesday on its daily boat tours to the memorial, with the last memorial visit program now starting at 1 p.m. instead of 3 p.m., said Eileen Martinez, chief of interpretation for the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument. Login for more...