Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
Felt Right at Home on Land
ing-PraiSes Police
and Soldiers.
FLYER THRILLED SEEING
OLD HOME AND SCHOOL
Dignity Of Washington Reception
Endears City to Him-Won't
Forget Monument Scene.
BY CHARLES A. LINDBERGH.

The Washington reception was
wonderful. 1t was dignified, but ii
certainly made me feel right at home,
and I'm genuinely glad to be back.
I said in Europe that 1 would like to
stay a little longer and fly to various
countries and study aviation, but now
that have reached home I'm awfully
glad didn't stay any longer
After all I am back among my own
people. Paris was marvellous and
London and Brussels as well, and l
wouldn't for the world draw any COM
parsons, but l will say this, the
Washington reception was the best
handled of all. The police and troops
had perfect control all the time from
the moment l stepped ashore at the
Washington Navy Yard until 1 en-
tered the temporary White House on
Dupont circle.
i shall never forget as long as
live the scene at the Monument.
Thousands of people greeted us. II
did me good to see all the children; in
fact. the children were the first on the
lob in Washington. Just as l was
about to go to sleep on the Memphis
at Piney Point last night, large mo-
tor boat full of boys and girls sue
ceeded by some means or other IN
locating my cabin,
Good to Be Back In Capital.
They surely serenaded me with all
the pep they could summon. / en-
loved it until it seemed it was going
10 keen I'D all night, so | stuck my
head out of the cabin and told them
il was the wrong beat. But that did
mot discourage them. They knew well
enough was on the Memphis.
Eventually they departed singing ana
cheering.
You know it was II years since i
had been in Washington. 1t teeis
good to see it again. | recognized q
LOT Of familiar places Immediately. l
was particularly pleased to pass my
old school and the apartment mousse
where / lived as boy and where l
used to look up at the big Capitol just
across the park.
The reception on the Potomac River
uas lust as wonderful in many ways
as it was as I drove through the
streets of Washington. OF course, one
of the greatest thrills had was meet
ing the President and Mrs. Coohoge,
and being able to tell them later' a.
the temporary White HOUSE, tne
, story of my fight and the reception
in Europe. -,
The airnen who came out to wei
come the Memphis did some OF the
prettiest flying l ever saw in my NE.
II gave me a real thrill to see these
f1vers doing everything that the
greatest flyers in Europe were doing
and doing it equally as well. Botn
the Army and Navy planes We're OUT
at 6 O'Clock this morning. They came
looming down over the deck ana l
oct IN half an hour later to go on
deck to see them.
Many Planes in Air.
There must have been so planes in
the air nv the time we reached Halns
point. The guns at the Army war
College were booming out their saiule
nv this time and we were responding
Al, along the Potomac the banks were
lined with people and l had busy
time waving to all of them: =,
/ was glad to see the Marines stano
ing on the docks at Quantlco ana !
gave them a wave of my mana as
locked at them through pair OF
glasses. TT va,
AS stood on the bridge with Elce
ADMIRAL Burrage, commander or the
American naval forces in European
waters. who returned on the Mem
mis- and watched all the wonderful
aviators. I felt exactly like a man
who had been fed on bread ana water
for a week and then had a oanque.
set before him. 1t certainty WpulO
have been fine to have been up lnere
with them. ,,o,+ +<
oct I'm there with them. | can hardly
wait to start flying again ana an
anxious for the time to come "nen
INV plane will be unpacked:
AZ we neared the Navy Yard dock
T had a fine view of the Mayfower
! the Presidents white yacht. Whlcf
was anchored very near the spo
where we landed There was a NerS
enthusiastic crowd of people on board
First Glimpse of Mother.
The gangplank was just about to bt
mt aboard the Memphis when
caught a glimpse of my mother-th'
first time / had seen her since she lief
me Just before l hoped off from New
York three weeks ago. A way wa
made through the crowd immediatel!
for the car she drove up in ana In
few minutes the gangplank was II
place and Admiral Burrage escorted
her on board.
My mother and l went into the ad
mirals cabin, where we were alon
for a few minutes. Just afterward tn
admiral and his staff came into tn
cabin, where they were presented I
my mother. She thought l locke
fine and fit. I told her l had yer,
good trip coming across on the Mem
phis. Then we parted and l went on
10 meet Secretary Wilbur, Secretar
Davis of the War Department, an
Postmaster General New. whom ] wa
particularly glad to see, because ar
still in the Air Mail Service.
Understand, now, / have never lei
the Air Mail Service. 1 am just o
teave. Then we left the ship and &C
into the automobile to go out OF tn
yard. Just before the autonIebil
drove away the crowd and the new
paper photographers yelled to me
stand up and ] stood up in the aut'
mobile I had already been phot'
graphed when l left the ship.
| thought there were enough phi
tographers and movie men in Europ
but ] never saw so many together :
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