Yesterday my oldest granddaughter and I drove over to Dayton, OH to tour the National Air Force Museum.
This wasn’t a case of the old man dragging a ten-year-old to some boring museum so that she could learn something, like a school field trip. She chose to go there. I think she had a ball. I did.
They have everything from Wright Brothers planes to B-52s to four different Air Force One planes. You can see the Memphis Bell and Bockscar, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb Fat Boy on Nagasaki. It took us pretty much all day to tour the four buildings.
I had to explain some of the displays and the Cold War section was most difficult. How do you explain the need for the Berlin Airlift and the nature of the Cold Wsr era to a little kid? The evil perniciousness of communism is beyond the understanding of a fifth grader.
She most enjoyed the space shuttle and the old Air Force One displays. She was awed to stand in the spot LBJ took the oath after the Kennedy assassination. Yeah, I thought it was pretty cool too.
In a life filled with them, yesterday will be remembered as one of my favorite days.
9 comments:
Cool !!!
Aww. Good on ya, HB!
...The good stuff.
Freddie
Today is the 80th anniversary of the Trinity test. I bet you two had a blast!
How awesome that day was for both. Forever memories for both. Good job, gramp's.
Excuse me, but what's a 'dsy'? It's in your title. Do you mean 'day'??
Duh, Anon.
Anon is obviously perfect (and most likely a liberal).
CA
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Sounds like you got yourself at least one super grandgirl.
Two wonderful grandgirls
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