http://mightyeighth.org Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:45:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://mightyeighth.org/summer-camp-2013/ http://mightyeighth.org/summer-camp-2013/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:02:26 +0000 Brandy Mai http://mightyeighth.org/?p=9071 Contact our Education Department at (912) 748-8888 or education@mightyeighth.org for more information.]]> http://mightyeighth.org/summer-camp-2013/feed/ 0 http://mightyeighth.org/character-counts-conference/ http://mightyeighth.org/character-counts-conference/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:50:05 +0000 Brandy Mai http://mightyeighth.org/?p=9104 this form to our Education Department. If you are interested in being a presenter this year, submit this form to our Education Department. For more information, call (912) 748-8888 or email education@mightyeighth.org.]]> http://mightyeighth.org/character-counts-conference/feed/ 0 http://mightyeighth.org/5k/ http://mightyeighth.org/5k/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:34:16 +0000 Brandy Mai http://mightyeighth.org/?p=9099 http://mightyeighth.org/5k/feed/ 0 http://mightyeighth.org/tuskegee-airmen-exhibit/ http://mightyeighth.org/tuskegee-airmen-exhibit/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:49:04 +0000 Brandy Mai http://mightyeighth.org/?p=9062 New to the exhibit is the bronze Tuskegee Airman Bust by Clarence Shivers (1923-2007) who trained as a Tuskegee pilot during World War II and went on to serve as a U.S. Air Force instructor pilot during the Korean War. Shivers remained in the Air Force until his retirement in 1969 at the rank of Lt. Col.

The bust is from the life-sized statue completed in 1988 that stands as a memorial to the Tuskegee Airmen at the U.S. Air Force Academy. It is a gift of Carl M. Spaulding and Judy H. Fair-Spaulding, friends of Cla-rence and Peggy Shivers.

The U.S. military was racially segregated during World War II, and most black soldiers and sailors were re-stricted to support positions and labor battalions. A U.S. Army Air Forces experiment showed that African-Americans could command, support, and fly in combat units when afforded equal opportunities. The USAAF’s African-American fliers, also known as the ‘Tuskegee Airmen’ served with distinction and directly contributed to the eventual integration of the U.S. Armed Forces.

]]> http://mightyeighth.org/tuskegee-airmen-exhibit/feed/ 0 http://mightyeighth.org/doing-their-part-girl-scouts-in-world-war-ii-exhibit-coming-february-2012/ http://mightyeighth.org/doing-their-part-girl-scouts-in-world-war-ii-exhibit-coming-february-2012/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:44:39 +0000 Mandy Livingston http://mightyeighth.org/?p=8029 This exhibit is now on permanent display in the Museum’s upstairs Mini Rotunda. ]]> http://mightyeighth.org/doing-their-part-girl-scouts-in-world-war-ii-exhibit-coming-february-2012/feed/ 0