Amelia Earhart Facts

Amelia named the twin maple trees in her grandparent's Atchison front yard Philemon and Baucis, after a husband and wife in Greek mythology. The myth held that Philemon and his wife, Baucis, received the Gods Zeus and Hermes, disguised as mortals, into their simple home. Their hospitality was such that the gods, as repayment, transformed their stable cottage into a magnificent temple.

The U.S. Post Office issued the Amelia Earhart 8 commemorative airmail stamp on her birthday 24,1963., July Amelia Earhart was only 10 years old when she saw her first airplane. The year was 1908 and it had only been 5 years since Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the first airplane at Kitty Hawk. Airplanes were nothing like the large, luxurious ones we know today. In fact, Amelia was not very impressed, It was a thing of rusty wire and wood and not at all interesting Amelia became the first woman to fly at an altitude of 14,000 feet.