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Memorial Day weekend 1924 saw the repaired USS Shenandoah make its first public appearance since it had been torn from its mooring mast during a violent nor’easter in January. Witnessed by over 100,000 people, its flight had caused Ocean County’s largest traffic jam as some spectators could not get to within 5 miles of the massive Lakehurst hangar.
The summer of 1924 would be filled with flights that the nation would follow with keen interest.
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