the 20th Century: Charles Lindbergh

the 20th Century: Charles Lindbergh by ric Gustafson


Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic. He was also the first to fly nonstop across the Atlantic. In 1919, a New York hotel owner offered a $ 25,000 reward for someone to do what Lindbergh did. Lindbergh accepted the challenge. Lindbergh did his attempt in 1927. On May 21 of that year, he took off from Long Island and landed in an airfield in France. 150,000 people were waiting to greet him.
He was welcomed back in the US with a ticker tape parade in Manhattan. Later that year, he was honored with the Medal of Honor. As his fame grew so did tragedy. His twenty month old son was kidnapped and murdered in 1932. That murder was dubbed ' the Crime of the Century'. After the tragedy and trial, Lindbergh moved his family to Europe. During World War II, he was criticized for having racist views toward the Jews and being sympathetic to Nazi Germany.
Through good and bad, Charles Lindbergh was a 20th Century celebrity.


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