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| Carol Petravage |
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Date: April 28, 2008
Contact: Christine Biggers, 334-724-0922
It's finally about to happen!!! The long-awaited and much anticipated Grand Opening of the permanent museum of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site is on the horizon.
October 10-12, 2008 are the dates. This three-day event is designed to honor those who made sacrifices, stood the course, and braved the obstacles; those known then as Negro airmen, but today known as Tuskegee Airmen. The site extols both those who flew in the air and those who served on the ground and kept them flying during the tumultuous days and aftermath of World War II.
Over 60 years have passed with hardly a murmur of their bravery and heroism abroad and their strength of character at home. Only within the last 10+ years have their stories been heard, whispered, cried out in the streets, acclaimed from the housetops.
It's been often said that they fought two wars, yet they fought many. The war abroad, the war at home, and the war within. Yes, they had to war within to endure the disgraces heaped upon them before, during, and after their triumphant victories for America in relation to World War II. Yet they braved them all, with a quiet dignity that today only the rare few could embrace.
The museum in Hangar #1 will have 2 aircraft, a parachute folding table, hanging parachutes, oral history stations, audio interpretation in perimeter rooms, a Link Trainer, various exhibits, exhibits, exhibits!!! Learn the history and hear their experiences first-hand from documented original Tuskegee Airmen of WWII. Be transported back to 1945 Moton Field where new cadets received primary flight training.
As we open this Site, we look forward to celebrating with them in grand style!!! These three days will be packed with action--things to see, things to do, airplanes, air shows, exhibits, music, re-enactors, interviews, talks, tributes, youth activities, and more. Come help us celebrate these heroes and sheroes who through their trials and sacrifices opened doors for many.
They demonstrated by their actions the spirit and sentiment of the words uttered by former President John F. Kennedy, many years later, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
