Wow! Through this week, I have continued to find amazing experiences. On Friday, I visited the Southern Museum of Flight. A friend invited me to go with her to watch a movie there. We arrived a bit early, so I had time to wander a bit and get my photo taken (above). The museum is full of flying machines and the stories behind them. My friend and I were fortunate to meet the director of the museum, and he even invited us to his office to see pictures of projects the museum is undertaking. It's astounding how people are always finding new stories to investigate and tell.
One story I heard at the museum was told through the film we watched. It was called Lest We Forget, and it told of a young pilot from Birmingham, Alabama who flew in World War II. German airmen shot down his plane in a dog fight over France. A woman from a village near his crash found the young pilot's class ring from West Point and kept it for two years. After the war, she gave it to an American soldier she met in town. This soldier contacted West Point, and the people there put him in touch with the pilot's family in Alabama. After about 65 years, the village in France invited the family to visit and commemorate their lost relative. It turned out that the village planned several days of tours, celebrations, and discussions for their visitors from the States. The movie showed all of these events, including a trek through the woods to the site where the pilot crashed. Some of the people in this family practically live in my back yard. I wonder how many of my other neighbors also have exciting stories that I don't know! It makes me want to talk to people!
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