GC4C5JT Honoring Amelia (Traditional Cache) in Hawaii, United States created by 4B Ohana

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Hidden : 5/15/2013

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Banyan Drive was named for the lovely Banyan trees that line the street planted between 1933 to 1972. Most of the trees still thrive along Banyan Drive, having grown into a thick canopy, making it popular for walking. The trees, which still bear the names of the planters, honor movie stars, religious leaders, political leaders, famous authors, adventurers and local Hawaiians.

About Banyan Drive:

The tradition began in 1933, when Cecil B. DeMille, filming a Hollywood picture on location in Hawai'i, planted a banyan tree by the water. President Franklin D. Roosevelt added one on his visit to the island in 1934. The island saw the beginnings of a great tradition, and, over the next four years, forty new banyans were planted. Notably, Amelia Earhart planted a banyan in 1935, several days before she launched the first solo flight across the Pacific Ocean. Of the others, some are major stars on an international stage—Louis Armstrong, Babe Ruth, Richard Nixon—and some are minor players, locally extolled—Hawaiian princess Abigail Kawananakoa, vulcanologist Thomas Jaggar, hotelier William Kimi. - (written by Anna Laurent)

About Amelia Earhart:

Amelia Earhart's Banyan was planted on January 6, 1935 while she enjoyed a sightseeing flight to Maui and the island of Hawai'i. Five days after planting the tree, she took off from Wheeler Field, Oahu in her Lockheed Vega NC-965-Y nicknamed “old Bessie, the fire horse”. This flight was a solo flight from Hawaii to California from January 11-12, 1935. The success of this flight deemed her as the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California. The flight covered 2408 miles and took 18 hours and 16 minutes. It also deemed her as the first person to fly solo across both oceans as she had previously flown solo over the Atlantic Ocean before this famous flight.

More information on this flight can be found here: Hawaii Aviation Pioneers

Amelia’s trip to Maui and Hawai’i (Amelia on far right)

Take off from Wheeler

Amelia Earhart January 6, 1935

Have a great time going down the rest of Banyan Drive as the trees provide shade beauty and a great sense of history when you realize that most of these trees are over 70 years old!

Congratulations to Cubbybear1963, FTF!

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