Monthly Archives: June 2010
Detail of New York Monument, Andersonville
Designed in 1911 by sculptor R. Hinton Perry
Filed under --SUMTER COUNTY GA--, Andersonville GA
St. James Pennington Church, Andersonville
Built in 1927 by Brother James Bolan Lawrence
Filed under --SUMTER COUNTY GA--, Andersonville GA
Lindbergh Memorial (Detail), Souther Field
William J. Thompson, Sculptor
Filed under --SUMTER COUNTY GA--, Americus GA
Lindbergh’s First Solo Flight
In May, 1923, Charles Lindbergh was in Americus to purchase a surplus World War I plane, a Curtis JN4 (Jenny), and it was here at Souther Field (now renamed Jimmy Carter Regional Airport) that he made his first solo flight.
Filed under --SUMTER COUNTY GA--, Americus GA
