Monday Musings

Monday Morning Inspiration: Come from Away

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Wonderful Show!

Based on real events from Sept 11, 2001 when 38 airplanes were diverted to the small town of Gander, Newfoundland in Canada, Come From Away, is a heart warming Broadway Musical, that captures the generosity of the residents of Gander who welcomed 7,000 stranded passengers.

Beverly Bass, one of the pioneering pilots (the first female Captain at American Airlines), was the captain of one of the 38 airplanes that landed there that day and whose character is portrayed in the musical.

See Also:

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Fort Worth native Beverly Bass made Aviation History

National Hispanic Heritage Month: Aida de Acosta — Transportation History

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Aviation trailblazer Aida de Acosta (1881-1962) was born in Long Beach, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Ricardo de Acosta, a steamship company executive of Cuban descent. In June 1903 Acosta became the first woman to fly a motorized aircraft on her own. While she was visiting Paris, renowned Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont taught […]

via National Hispanic Heritage Month: Aida de Acosta — Transportation History

Monday Morning Inspiration: Rise Up & Speak Up Or #TakeAKnee

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Now is the time for Unity as  a Nation

and Rise Up to meet the Challenge!

or take A Knee or Two Knees for AMERICA! 

For have you forgotten?
“We hold these truths to be self-evident:
That all men are created equal;
That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights;
That among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
—Thomas Jefferson

Monday Morning Inspiration: Over the Rainbow

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HAPPY LABOR’S DAY


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Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
There’s a land that I’ve heard of once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream,
Really do come true.

Someday I’ll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops,
Way above the chimney tops,
That’s where you’ll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can’t I?

Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can’t I?

Songwriters
E HARBURG, E.Y. HARBURG, HAROLD ARLEN

Note: Re posted from last year.