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Tickets:
| Children 4 - 12: | $6.95 |
| Seniors 60+: | $7.95 |
| Adults: | $8.95 |
| Children 3 and under: | FREE! |
Prices do not include tax
Also Available:
- Personalized Memberships
- Guided Group Tours
- Birthday Parties
- Camp-Ins
- Wedding Receptions
- Banquets
- Reunions
- Meeting Space
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About Us:
Experience a trip through time at one of the most interesting and exciting museums in America. You’ll be amazed as you discover our incredible collection of fossils and dinosaurs including T. rex Ivan, Egyptian mummies, an unequaled Presidents Gallery, an extensive militaria collection from the Revolutionary War through the Vietnam War, Royalty Gallery, and the Ballard: Deep Sea Explorer exhibit. Children will also enjoy the fun activity center including a Moon Walk, Puppet Theater, and large play castle and dungeon. The Museum of World Treasures is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.
Simply Amazing!
835 E 1st St
Wichita, KS 67202
In the Historic Old Town District
316.263.1311
888.700.1311 |
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EXHIBIT UNVEILING
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A Tribute: Black Aviation Pioneers
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Saturday, February 7, 20092 p.m.
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Special Guest Presenter:
Retired Tuskegee Airmen Pilot, Don Jackson
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This special tribute dedicated during Black History month recognizes the brave black women and men who at that time were thought to lack courage and skill to perform pilot duties. All of which were required to meet same entrance exam requirements as their non-black enlistee counterparts.
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Who were the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II?
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The Tuskegee Airmen were dedicated, determined young men who volunteered to become America's first black military airmen. They came from every section of America. Each one possessed a strong personal desire to serve the United States of America proudly and to the best of his ability as an airman, even while many other Americans felt that black men lacked intelligence, skill, courage and patriotism.
During the course of the war, 66 Tuskegee pilots were killed in combat, and 32 pilots were shot down and became prisoners of war. The Tuskegee pilots shot down 409 German aircraft, destroyed 950 units of ground transportation and sank a destroyer with machine guns alone. Their most distinctive achievement was that not one friendly bomber was lost to enemy aircraft during 2000 escort missions. No other fighter group with nearly as many missions can make the same claim.
Reflecting their superior performance, they were called "Black Birdmen" by the Germans, and given the nickname of "Black Redtail Angels" by the Americans because of the vivid red markings on their aircraft tails.
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Also recognized were Jesse LeRoy Brown the first black Naval aviator who lost is life in the line of duty in 1950;
Frank E. Petersen the first black Marine Corps aviator who retired in 1988 as a three-star Lieutenant General;
among the early black women aviators: Bessie Colemen, Willa Beatrice Brown Chappell, and Janet Harmon Bragg.
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U.L. "Rip" Gooch, former Kansas State Senator and aviator was signing his book immediately following the tribute. "Black Horizons" published in 2006 was available for purchase.
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