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By Jesse Pesta
Jesse Pesta crossed the Atlantic aboard the United States when he was 2 years old and wrote about the ship.
Susan Gibbs wants to quickly locate a new parking area. And any parking area will do.
It will be big enough for an ocean liner.
It is much larger than the Titanic, almost as long as the Chrysler Building is tall. A shipment so sumptuous that it represents the first selection of presidents and royalty. A shipment so reliable it once carried the Mona Lisa. A shipment so fast that its gigantic propellers, which stirred the sea beneath its large rides and onboard orchestras, were a Cold War state secret.
A shipment called United States that Ms. Gibbs loved. In fact, she promised to save him.
Mrs. Gibbs’ grandfather, William Francis Gibbs, a prominent fashion designer and America’s masterpiece. But, surprisingly, she knew almost nothing about it until she reached adulthood.
“I expected it,” she said recently of her role as manager of a rusty steamboat.
Gibbs, 62, works in Washington in his personal capacity, where his main goal is to eliminate female circumcision. Between that and her defense of her ship, she noted, “People are going to have to be through my social media presence. “
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