Aboard the cruiser Olympia during ceremonies celebrating the Centennial of the Battle of Manila Bay, Robert M. Stauffer (left), W.M. of Saint Alban-Swain Lodge No. 529, contributed $4,000 to John S. Carter, President of Independence Seaport Museum at Penn's Landing on Philadelphia's waterfront. In keeping with the fraternity's charitable goals of preserving our historical legacy, the contribution will assist in ongoing stabilization and renovations of the historic vessel.

The Olympia is the only remaining ship of the Spanish American War and of the "New Navy" which heralded the emergence of the United States as a world power. Under the guidance of the Seaport Museum, it has undergone extensive removal of lead-based paints and was refinished with modern paints.