The Lindbergh portrait, and that of his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, also from 1938, occupy one wall of the exhibit room. The kidnapping was reported on March 2, 1932, five years after Lindbergh’s solo flight across the Atlantic, and became daily front page news. A week later, on April 12, there was this riveting headline: “Was Lindbergh Baby Seen Here?”And what was behind the headline? Lindbergh himself was reported to be en route to Block Island. At 7:30 p.m. on June 22, the Girl Scouts of Stonington gathered to plant the willow.

Source: Daily Sun July 16, 2017 04:18 UTC