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Saturday 7/20/24 a rededication of the Amelia Earhart Monument at 3pm in North Hollywood Park. This is on the heels of new possibilities of locating the Toluca Lake resident's missing plane.
7-18-2024 8:56pm
Restoration and Rededication of The Amelia Earhart Monument
Lorraine Mabbett
Editor
Please join Council District 2 and the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs as we celebrate
The Restoration and Rededication of The Amelia Earhart Monument
North Hollywood Park 11400 Magnolia Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601 Events for July 2024 | NHNENC 3pm
PUBLIC ART IN PUBLIC PLACES - Amelia Earhart Statue (c. 1971) by Ernest Shelton
DESCRIPTION: 8-foot cast bronze statue on a 6-foot by 3-foot by 3-foot polished black marble-faced plinth, surrounded by an array of eight airplane propellers from the 1930s
This tribute statue was rededicated in 1970 by the North Hollywood Jaycees Zonta Club, and was refurbished in 1988 by Councilman John Ferraro, 4th District, and by the Community Redevelopment Agency, City of Los Angeles. The statue is accompanied by bronze plaques with the following inscription: AMELIA EARHART PUTNAM CITIZEN OF NORTH HOLLYWOOD
AMELIA EARHART FIRST WOMAN AVIATOR TO FLY THE ATLANTIC OCEAN LOST AT SEA, 1937 DURING AROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT
11400 Magnolia Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601
In Search of Amelia Earhart | The Museum of Flight
The lesser known Amelia—role model, author, designer, celebrity, icon
- She used her fame to play an important role in the women's rights movement, lecturing around the country
- She published many newspaper and magazine articles, and several books
- For a time, Amelia designed clothing, which was sold exclusively at 30 departments stores throughout the U.S.
- She endorsed several products, including Lucky Strike cigarettes, malted milk, and luggage
- She was a career advisor for women students at Purdue University
Across the country in Washington DC!
A bronze statue of Amelia Earhart, solely funded by the Atchison Amelia Earhart Foundation, was unveiled July 27, 2022, in National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. As a pioneering American aviator and advocate for women’s equal rights, Amelia is now one of only 11 women represented in the National Statuary Hall Collection. A “twin” bronze of the Earhart statue in the U.S. Capitol Building stands in Atchison, welcoming visitors to the Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum.
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