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August and Louisa Lindbergh, parents of
legislator Charles Lindbergh, Sr. and grandparents of
aviator Charles Lindbergh, Jr., homesteaded in Melrose
in 1859. The famed aviator spent his
childhood summers visiting his grandparents farm in this
area.
On May 20, 1927 Charles A. Lindbergh, a modest
Air Mail pilot
and former barnstormer became an instant hero by being the first
aviator to make a solo, non-stop, transatlantic flight.
Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York,
flying the 'Spitit of St. Louis', and landed at Le Bourget Field
in Paris 33 hours and 30 minutes later. He covered a
distance of 3,610 miles.
Smithsonian
Exhibit
Aviation
Milestones
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