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Weekend outlook: Huey Lewis and the brews, Universal Mardi Gras
Sentinel Staff WriterLooks like the slow season has quickly faded at our theme parks and attractions. Two major multi-week festivals open this weekend, plus some new arrivals and activities are available. Here's a brief look. + Bands, Brew & BBQ begins Saturday at SeaWorld...Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Arts and Culture, Willie Nelson, SeaWorld, Huey Lewis
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Tuskegee Airmen honored at Winter Haven library
Postcards from FloridaHere's an idea for a history-oriented road trip: On Nov. 6, Fantasy of Flight and the Polk County Library Cooperative are hosting “Meet Tuskegee Airman George Hardy,” an education program and screening of the documetary “Silver Wings... -
Weekend outlook: Huey Lewis and the Brew, Mardi Gras
Theme Park Rangers - Orlando SentinelLooks like the slow season has quickly faded at our theme parks and attractions. Two major multi-week festivals open this weekend, plus some new arrivals and activities are available. Here's a brief look. + Bands, Brew & BBQ begins Saturday at SeaWorld... -
Fantasy of Flight hosts Tuskegee Airmen
Postcards from FloridaFantasy of Flight in Polk City is hosting the Tuskegee Airmen in honor of Black History Month Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 10-12. The open forum/Q&A symposiums will take place at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. with meet-and-greets to follow. More th... -
Tuskegee Airmen to appear at Fantasy of Flight
Theme Park Rangers - Orlando SentinelFantasy of Flight, an aviation-themed attraction in Polk County, is paying tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen during this week’s Legends and Legacies Symposium Series. Five pilots — including Oviedo’s Raymond Cassagnol and Hiram E. Mann of... -
Violet Cowden dies at 94; civilian WASP aviator during World War II
Violet Cowden never lost her love of flying, a passion born when she was a young girl envying the hawks soaring above her family's South Dakota farm in the 1920s.
When she was a young first-grade teacher learning to fly out of an airfield in Spearfish,...Tags: Health, Documentary (genre), Sports, Veterans Affairs, Heart Failure
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Take flight to an air and space museum
People with a fondness for airplanes can find a lot to like when they visit Southern California, where there are plenty of opportunities to see historic aircraft up-close and personal. In some cases, they'll see a lot more than just aircraft. If you...Tags: Disneyland Park, Amusement and Theme Parks, Arts and Culture, History, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Tuskegee Airmen: American Heroes In Our Own Backyard
Web ReporterThere are only about 60 Tuskegee Airmen still living and about half a dozen of them live here in Washington State. One of them is Lt. Col. Bill Holloman. Holloman says, "We started out in 1941 as an experiment because the War Department didn't believe we...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Racism, Civil Rights, World War II (1939-1945), Justice and Rights
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Tuskegee Airman William Holloman Dead At 85
Web ReporterWilliam H. Holloman, a Tuskegee airman in World War II who also served in Vietnam, has died at age 85. The Tuskegee Airmen association said Thursday that Holloman died Friday at Valley Medical Center in Renton after suffering a heart attack. He was a St....Tags: Health, Vietnam, Hospitals and Clinics, Armed Forces, Defense
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Robert Searcy, member of Tuskegee Airmen and longtime L.A. resident, dies at 88
L.A. NOWTimes staffer Molly Hennessy-Fiske's obituary on Robert Searcy, a member of the all-black group of World War II servicemen known as the Tuskegee Airmen and a longtime resident of Los Angeles, is posted. Here's an excerpt: Searcy was born in...... -
Ten hut! Richard Blumenthal and the Semper Fib syndrome
Opinion L.A.Connecticut’s Democratic attorney general is not the first person to fall in love with a man in uniform – himself. And he won’t be the last. Richard Blumenthal admitted to misstating his military record when he referred to his service in the Vietnam... -
Military figures
Military figures (our listing of deaths from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may be found at http://projects.latimes.com/wardead) Army Lt. Gen. Robert Haldane, 83; led battalion that found the infamous Cu Chi tunnels during the Vietnam War (March 5)...Tags: Armed Forces, Death, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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