Augustus Herring
Wednesday, July 12th
7:30 PM EST (DOORS OPEN AT 6:30)
$10 per Person: non-members
Free: Museum members with registration
Was he the “first to fly?” In 1898, five years before the Wright Brothers’ first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Augustus Herring flew a powered aircraft on Silver Beach in St. Joseph, Michigan. Could he claim to be the first airplane pilot? Join us to learn about this pioneering, controversial aviator and his flight along the Lake Michigan shore.
Speaker: Robert Myers