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Event Calendar
Photo by Drew Naylor
Saturday, Sept. 12th at 7:30am - 2:00pm | B-25 Champaign Gal Display at MERFI Fly-In
Grimes Field (174)
Kent State
Photo by Julia Rose Photography
Wednesday, September 16th at 11:00am - 2:30pm | Ohio Open Doors Day at CAM
In Partnership with Ohio History Connection
Aircraft and Artifacts: A Scavenger Hunt Experience of 1940's America
Join us at the Champaign Aviation Museum for a family-friendly and self-guided scavenger hunt to locate 10 key aircraft and artifacts that defined the American home front and war front experiences during World War II. Beginning in the Museum lobby, visitors can pick-up their aircraft map, scavenger hunt worksheet, and pen at the front desk before heading into the Museum for the hunt. Spanning three buildings that are wheelchair accessible, participants will find the required items with provided visual clues and then write the item name on their worksheet. After finishing the scavenger hunt, participants can turn-in their completed worksheets at the lobby front desk to receive a free sticker, patch, or magnet! Volunteers will be on-site to answer any questions, and disposable earplugs will be available as a portion of the experience includes the B-17 Champaign Lady restoration area. A complete listing of Ohio Open Doors participating sites and events can be found at www.ohiohistory.org/opendoors
Saturday, September 19th | B-25 Champaign Gal Rides in Lebanon, Ohio
Rides start at 11:00am | Warren County Airport (I68) Fest
Reserve Your Seat Here
Kent State
Thursday, September 24th at 11:00am - FREE LECTURE: I Became Irene
Join Ruth Barnett, daughter of a Holocaust Survivor, as she tells the story of her mother, Irene Levin, who was born Josepha Weil in 1927. Josepha was the child of a large, prosperous, secular family in the Sudetenland, a German corridor of western Czechoslovakia. When Josepha was 11 years old, her father died. By December 1941, Josepha, her mother Irena, and stepfather Georg, were deported to Terezin, where they were imprisoned for over two years. Deportation to Auschwitz and slave labor at a subcamp called Christianstadt followed. In January 1945, with the Russians advancing, Josepha and her mother were forced on a death march, which spanned 200 miles in ice and snow. Then they were loaded into a cattle car to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where Irena died. The British liberated Bergen-Belsen in April 1945. After several months of recovery from typhus, Josepha returned to Prague. In 1947, Josepha immigrated to America and adopted her mother’s name, Irene.
This free event will be held in the CAM Library.
Saturday, September 26th at 9:00am - 4:00pm | B-25 Champaign Gal Display in Stow, OH
Kent State University Airport (1G3) Engineering and Aeronautics Expo
Kent State
Thursday, October 1st at 2:00pm - 3:30pm | FREE LECTURE
Flight Paths: From WWII Stories to Restoring Sight
Experience an inspiring, multigenerational journey as told by D. James Schumer. MD, AME. Beginning with the compelling story of his father's service as a World War II pilot, this presentation traces Dr. Schumer's own path—from growing up inspired by aviation to earning his pilot's wings and ultimately pursuing a career in ophthalmology. Along the way, discover how the values of courage, precision, perseverance, and service unite the battlefield, the cockpit, and the operating room, where restoring vision through LASIK and cataract surgery changes lives every day. This free event will be held in the CAM Library.
Saturday, October 3rd | B-25 Champaign Gal Display in Marysville, OH
Union County Airport (KMRT) Oktoberfest
Kent State
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