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Flowers to drop in memory Palm Springs Air Museum honors valor, bravery, and sacrifice on Memorial Day
• At just 15 years old, actor Sylvester Stallone’s classmates voted him “most likely to end up in the electric chair.” • One day in 1930, the BBC announced on air that “there is no news,” and played piano music. • Fulmars, a type of seabird, vomit putrid fishy oil on predatory birds in self-defense, which not only smells awful but is lethal to the attackers, as it permanently glues their feathers together. • If viewed from space or a high altitude, the sun appears to be white. • Larry Lemieux, a Canadian sailor at the 1988 Olympics, was about to win a silver medal when he abandoned the race to save two other competitors whose boat had capsized. While he lost the silver medal, he was given the Pierre de Coubertin medal for sportsmanship. • A hydrangea flower’s color is determined by the relative acidity of the soil in which it’s grown: Acidic soil will produce a blue flower, while alkaline soil will yield a pink blossom. • The Sami people of Northern Finland have a unit of measurement called the “poronkusema”-- the distance a reindeer can walk before it needs to urinate. (c) 2022 King Features Synd., Inc.
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ach year the Air Museum pays special tribute to our country’s fallen comrades who valiantly represented our country throughout various wars, paying the ultimate price for our freedoms. The dedication ceremony highlights their military service with a fly-by and flower drop of over 3,000 red and white carnations from a B-25 Mitchell bomber. Visitors will be able to pick up a flower to take home. The Air Museum has been staging the flower drop since the museum was founded in 1996. The white carnations are intended to honor veterans who died in World War I, World War II, and the Korea and Vietnam Wars, and the red carnations honor those who died in more recent conflicts such as Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan. In addition to the flight exhibitions, which gives visitors the rare opportunity to see real vintage aircraft in action, the event will showcase warbird rides, kids’ activities, live music by the Heatwave Jazz Band, food and beverage vendors and other activities in addition to overhead flights. The Palm Springs Air Museum features over 70 flyable and static aircraft on display in four hangars including: the Pacific (Navy) Hangar with exhibits and aircraft used by the Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II; the European (Army) Hangar which features exhibits and aircraft used by the Army in the Europe during World War II; the smallest hangar which contains
1. TELEVISION: What is the name of the high school in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”? 2. MOVIES: Who voiced the character Woody in “Toy Story”? 3. LITERATURE: Who are the tragic lovers in the novel “Wuthering Heights”? the B-17 Flying Fortress, the Berger Youth Exploration Center (including a F-16 Flight Simulator), the General Kenneth P. Miles Aviation Science Center and Freedom Fighters’ Café; the Korea and Vietnam War hanger features exhibits and aircraft used during the war; and the F-117A Hanger is a state of the art hanger that houses the brand new F-117A Nighthawk “Black Devil.” The Palm Springs Air Museum Memorial Day Flower Drop is held on Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Flower drops starts at 1 p.m. Adult admission is $22. Seniors, veterans, retired military, teenagers (13-17) $20. Active duty and immediate family (significant other + child) free. Kids 12 and under free with paid adult admission The air museum is located at 745 N. Gene Autry Trail, Palm Springs. For more info call 760-778-6262 or visit palmspringsairmuseum.org.
Fascinating facts about Memorial Day • It was originally called Decoration Day To honor the deceased, soldiers would decorate graves of their fallen comrades with flowers, flags and wreaths. Hence Decoration Day. Although Memorial Day became its official title in the 1880s, the holiday wouldn’t legally become Memorial Day until 1967. • It’s legally required to observe a National Moment of Remembrance In December 2000, Congress passed a law requiring Americans to pause at 3 p.m. local time on Memorial Day to remember and honor the fallen. But this doesn’t appear to be common knowledge
• It wasn’t always celebrated the last Monday of May After the Civil War, General John A. Logan, commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, called for a holiday commemorating fallen soldiers to be observed every May 30. But due to the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which took effect in 1971, Memorial Day was moved to the last Monday of May to ensure long weekends. Some groups, like the veterans’ organization American Legion, have been working to restore the original date to set Memorial Day apart and pay proper tribute to the servicemen and women who sacrificed their lives defending the nation.
4. AD SLOGANS: Which product invites consumers to “taste the rainbow”? 5. FOOD & DRINK: Which root vegetable is known as Japanese horseradish? 6. ANATOMY: What substance gives skin its color? 7. GEOGRAPHY: Where are the Great Pyramids of Giza located? 8. HISTORY: Who was the first female prime minister of Great Britain? 9. SCIENCE: What is the hollow, woody tissue that carries water and nutrients from a plant’s roots to the entire plant? 10. U.S. STATES: Which is the only state that doesn’t have a mandatory seat belt law for adults? (c) 2023 King Features Synd., Inc. Answer on page 10