NASFL Museum "The Avenger" Newsletter
The original Avenger Newspaper started during WWII for the personnel at the Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale. It was printed on a low cost Mimeograph machine on the first year. Then in 1945, the Daily News owned by R.H. Gore Sr, took over the publication in exchange for advertising. The Avenger Newspaper stopped printing after the war ended. The NASFL Historical Association began a print Newsletter for its members in 1995. All Newsletters are available for research. We started our first digital Newsletter with the April - June 2011 Issue. Each will be archived here for download.
The Avenger is our quarterly newsletter sent to all NASFL Museum members. It is filled with donor updates, Museum events, historical vignettes and all the latest Museum information. Each issue features articles and photos of events, interviews, first-hand accounts and historical articles dealing with Naval, Marine Corps or Coast Guard Aviation. It will start featuring artwork and rare photographs from the extensive collections of the Museum's Library.
Have a story to tell? Contact our Editors at the Avenger!
The Avenger is our quarterly newsletter sent to all NASFL Museum members. It is filled with donor updates, Museum events, historical vignettes and all the latest Museum information. Each issue features articles and photos of events, interviews, first-hand accounts and historical articles dealing with Naval, Marine Corps or Coast Guard Aviation. It will start featuring artwork and rare photographs from the extensive collections of the Museum's Library.
Have a story to tell? Contact our Editors at the Avenger!
August - December 2012 Issue
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Allan McElhiney: One Man's Vision
This Museum began with the vision of one man, who was a sailor in World War II. Nothing in the history of the City of Fort Lauderdale had greater impact in its growth and prosperity than its Naval Air Station, which was established in 1942. After the war, returning veterans created a population explosion in the area that dwarfed the 1920's land boom. This naval base provided an important catalyst for the growth and economic expansion of South Florida. Recognizing this fact, the Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Historical Association can be traced to one man: Allan McElhiney who devoted much of his life to preserve a part of its history. When the war ended, the base closed its doors and the buildings were all but forgotten. Progress was about to eradicate the past to make way for a new Airport, but thanks to the long fight of a visionary man who saw the significance of safeguarding a bygone era, a Naval Museum was established.
With more than 100 vintage images from the WWII Period. This book is the inspirational story of one man who's commitment to the cause of preservation has encouraged many to look into our past, to safeguard our future.
The book is available in Softcover for $16.99 and Hardcover for $24.99 from Lulu Press and it's now available at AMAZON. You can also order it from your local bookstore. All proceeds from this book will go directly to the Museum, a Non-Profit Organization.
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