Happy Birthday Amelia Earhart

July was an important month in the life of legendary aviator, Amelia Earhart. She was born on July 24, 1897 and her plane went missing on July 2, 1937.  It was a year and a half later that she and her navigator, Fred Noonan, were officially pronounced dead. It was said that their plane had crashed into the ocean, but the plane and their bodies have never been found.

Once again, scientists are exploring new leads and they think they may have found the plane.  The legend of Amelia Earhart has been told for nearly ninety years, but rarely do you hear the story of her small home town in Atchison, Kansas.  She lived there only her first twelve years, but you would never know that with how she is celebrated every day in this town.

This image was created in 1997 and is best seen from the sky.  It is called "living artwork" and is one mile in size. It's a combination of plants, stones and natural things to create a portrait of her in a large field.  The Amelia Earhart museum has the below statue in front of it.

The post office, bridge, airport, and stadium all have her name on them.  The Amelia Earhart Festival is in July each year for thousands of people to see fireworks and aerial stunts. Below is her refurbished home as a child which has been preserved all these years.

One thing that caught my attention about the first woman to fly non-stop and solo across the Atlantic Ocean.  I love quotes and this one is pretty special from Amelia Earhart:

"Never do things others can do and will do, if there are things others cannot do or will not do."