Spirit of St. Louis 75th Anniversary - Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh

denotes Lindbergh Foundation sponsored events.

Washington, D.C.

May 21, 2002 -- 75th Anniversary events at the National Air and Space Museum

On the 75^th anniversary of Lindbergh’s arrival at Le Bourget Field in France, the National Air and Space Museum will show rarely seen footage of the flight and resulting celebrations. Museum docents will conduct special tours focusing on the Spirit of St. Louis and the museum’s many artifacts related to the trans-Atlantic journey and the Lindberghs. The museum’s education unit will have its hand-on Aviation Discovery Cart near the Spirit of St. Louis for young people and their families to experience some of the technology Lindbergh used to cross the Atlantic and in his career as an airmail pilot.

May 22, 2002 -- Lindbergh public talk and tour at Smithsonian

Mr. Dominick Pisano and Mr. F. Robert van der Linden will conduct a special public talk and tour at The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum entitled "Curator's Choice", which will be focused on Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis. Please visit www.nasm.si.edu and click on "News, Lectures & Events" for details.

May 23, 2002 -- Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture

The National Air and Space Museum will host the Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture, commemorating the 75th anniversary of his solo transatlantic flight and the 100th anniversary of his birth. Reeve Lindbergh will share personal recollections of her father and discuss his illustrious career in aviation. Afterward, Ms. Lindbergh will join Mr. Pisano, and Mr. van der Linden, in a book signing for, "Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis," for which she wrote the foreword.