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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

LAX Airport Flame of Freedom

The Flame of Freedom is no longer there.


4 comments:

  1. So much for the "eternal" thing! Even though I've been going to LAX on and off since childhood, I only went to the tower once, in '72 and missed the flame. What was the eternal flame supposed to represent?

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  2. Good question, AA. We don't remember what it was for. Trying to remember ...

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  3. Per a youtube documentary on LAX circa 1963 it was the Perpetual (ha ha!) Flame of Freedom that symbolized cooperation and understanding.

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