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Hi Everyone - Please join us for the next in our regular monthly series of free Department of the Interior Library Park Ranger Speaker Series lectures, entitled "First Across!: The Centennial of the First Trans-Atlantic Flight" on Tuesday, July 16th from 1:00 - 1:45 pm ET in the Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building's John Muir Room. In 2019, the United States will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the first Moon landing. Coincidentally, it will also mark the 100th Anniversary of the first Trans-Atlantic Flight. In May 1919, a crew of U.S. Navy aviators flew the NC-4 Naval seaplane from New York State to Lisbon, Portugal, over the course of 19 days. This included time for stops for repairs and crewmen's rest in Massachusetts, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and twice in the Azores Islands. Its flight from the Azores to Lisbon completed the first Trans-Atlantic flight between North America and Europe. The NC-4’s largely forgotten achievement occurred just over fifteen years after the Wright brothers’ first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and eight years before Charles Lindbergh’s famous solo flight across the Atlantic, in 1927. Please join National Mall and Memorial Parks Ranger Eric Pominville to hear the story of one of the proudest accomplishments in the history of United States Naval Aviation. To register for this program, please go to the following link: https://docs.google.com/a/nbc.gov/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGgtcWo5SGpfN3VNNVFobVNSTThyaXc6MQ#gid=0 Please also note that we will be offering WebEx webinar access for this program. If you are interested in remote live access to this program, please note it on the online registration form. If the registration link above does not work at your location, you may also register using the Library's online Contact Form at https://www.doi.gov/library/interior-library-contact-form. Please list the title of the program on the subject line and let us know if you wish to receive webinar access information. You may contact the Library by phone at (202) 208-5815 or by e-mail at [log in to unmask] for more information about this program and/or directions. For more information about DOI Library resources and services, please visit the DOI Library's website, located at http://www.doi .gov/library. We hope you can join us in person or virtually on July 16th! George George Franchois Director - U.S. Dept. of the Interior Library Office of the Secretary - Office of Facilities and Administrative Services (OFAS) 1849 C Street, NW, Room 1151, MS 1151 Washington, DC 20240 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: (202) 208-3796 Fax: (202) 208-6773 Library URL: http://www.doi.gov/library OFAS URL: http://www.doi.gov/ofas