In an incident widely known as the `` Lindbergh kidnapping '' , the Lindberghs ' first child , Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. , was kidnapped at 20 months of age from their home in East Amwell , New Jersey outside Hopewell on March 1 , 1932 .
On March 1 , 1932 , he was kidnapped from their home in East Amwell , New Jersey .