Englewood Makes History

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  • John F. "Jasfie" Condon was an educator and athletic coach. He was a school principal for the New York City School. He acted as the head football coach for Fordham University. He was involved in the Lindbergh kidnapping as he acted as the intermediary and paid the ransom for…
  • Bruno Richard Hauptmann was a German immigrant. Before he came to the United States he was drafted into the German Army during World War I. He was sent to France and fought in the battle of Saint-Mihiel. He worked as a carpenter. He was arrested numerous times for burglary in…
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  • Charles Lindbergh Jr., born on the Next Day Hill Morrow Estate in Englewood NJ, was the son of Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Charles Lindbergh Sr. When he was twenty months old he was kidnapped and murdered. His death led to the Lindbergh law which made crossing state lines while…
  • Charles Augustus Lindbergh Sr. was a military officer and aviator. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1924. He became a second lieutenant in 1925. On March 20th and 21st, Lindbergh became the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris on his craft Spirt of St. Louis. He was…
  • Anne Morrow Lindbergh was a poet, author, and aviator. She wrote numerous books and poems including "North to the Orient" (1935), "Gift From the Sea" (1955), and "Earth Shine" (1969). She learned aviation from her husband Charles Lindbergh. She met him in Mexico after her…
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