Monday, May 21, 2012

Charles Lindbergh Day, Springfield, Vermont, July 26, 1927


Lindbergh Day, Springfield, Vt, July 26, 1927

Real Photo Postcard - unused

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974)  was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist.

Lindbergh, a 25-year-old U.S. Air Mail pilot, emerged from virtual obscurity to world fame as the result of his Prize-winning solo non-stop flight on May 20–21, 1927, from New York's Long Island to Paris, France, a distance of nearly 3,600 miles (5,800 km), in the single-seat, single-engine airplane, The Spirit of St. Louis.

Lindbergh, a U.S. Army reserve officer, was also awarded the nation's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his historic exploit.

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