“Some time ago, I told you and Mrs. Roosevelt about my confidential plans for a world flight.”

-America Earhart to FDR

Amelia Earhart was born on this day - July 24, 1897

Here’s a letter Earhart wrote to Franklin D. Roosevelt in November of 1936 detailing her upcoming around-the-world flight and asking for assistance from the Navy.

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Source: fdrlibrary.marist.edu

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