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John Gillespie Magee Jr. (9 June 1922 – 11 December 1941) [1] [2] [3] was a World War II Anglo-American Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot and war poet, who wrote the sonnet "High Flight". He was killed in an accidental mid-air collision over England in 1941.
Orson Welles read the poem on an episode of The Radio Reader's Digest (11 October 1942), [9] [10] Command Performance (21 December 1943), [11] and The Orson Welles Almanac (31 May 1944). [12] High Flight has been a favourite poem amongst both aviators and astronauts. It is the official poem of the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Air Force.
The Phoenix museum was located in downtown Phoenix in the Wells Fargo Plaza. The museum highlighted the role which Wells Fargo played in the settlement of the Territory of Arizona by the pioneers from the eastern United States. The museum had various exhibits. Among the exhibits was a replica of a 19th-century Wells Fargo bank branch. [1] [2] [3]
A second recording of the phoenix was made by Tacitus, who said that the phoenix had appeared instead in 34 AD "in the consulship of Paulus Fabius and Lucius Vitellius" and that the cycle was either 500 years or 1461 years (which was the Great Year based on the Egyptian Sothic cycle), and that it had previously been seen in the reigns first of ...
Includes Ancient Pueblo People ruins and visitor center museum Wells Fargo Museum: Phoenix: Maricopa: Phoenix area: History: American West history and the Wells Fargo Company, includes a 19th-century stagecoach, art gallery of N.C. Wyeth’s western-themed work Wellton Museum: Wellton: Yuma: Southwest: History – Local: Details the history of ...
100 West Washington is a high-rise skyscraper in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Formerly known as Wells Fargo Plaza, it opened as the First National Bank Plaza on October 25, 1971 and was later known as the First Interstate Bank Building. It is 356 feet (109 m) tall.
An English translation of the full lyrics from 'Touching the Sky' by Rauw Alejandro. Translation by TODAY.com: I feel like I’m touching the sky. Your smile takes me. How we are looking at each other
The installation has been on view at Phoenix Art Museum since 2006. In 2023, the exhibit was temporarily closed as it was moved to the first floor to be made more accessible. Additional technology upgrades were also done to "enhance the visitor experience." [2] [3] [4]