Trains, Planes & Automobiles
Transportation
history will be the focus of three co-sponsored HSGL programs during October.
Come join us for a look at Lansing’s history of “Trains, Planes &
Automobiles.”
Babe Ruth: Airport Kid
East Lansing Public Library – 950 Abbot Rd.
Lansing’s
own aviatrix, Marion “Babe” Ruth, will be the subject of a program by Lansing
historian Craig Whitford. Ruth lived next to the Lansing airport and became
fascinated with flying, taking her first flight in 1931 at age 13. She soloed
in 1936, receiving her pilot’s license the following year and her commercial
license four years later. During WWII Ruth served as an flight instructor using
a flight simulator. She has been inducted into both the Michigan Aviation Hall
of Fame and Women’s Hall of Fame. Presenter Craig Whitford has written Airport Kid: Learning to Fly, which
details Ruth’s early life in aviation. The
event is free.
And Back to the 19th Century
Civil War in Michigan
Thursday, October 27 – 7:00 p.m.
CADL-Downtown Branch – 401 S. Capitol Ave.
Staff from the MSU Archives will
discuss their Civil War online website and some of the more interesting
documents in the collections. The MSU Civil War website was created during the Sesquicentennial
of the Civil War and features diaries, letters, and photographs from this period
of American history.
