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A Memorial Day Air Show In Pictures: An Amazing Show on Long Island, New York//Part 1
It was a picture perfect day today and one of the days I always set aside to go to our Memorial Day Show, complete with old aircraft, a wonderful exhibition of what it was like during the War.  If you're not familiar with Long Island, New York, it was the "headquarters" for building planes.  In Farmingdale, my own town, there was (and still is) Republic Air Force base and in Bethpage, Long Island, it was/is Grummans.  It is difficult to remember back to those days where you rarely met anyone not working in one of the two places!
Ah, the good old days!  The companies were more then fair, they valued their workers, gave paid time off and sick days and had great health care.  We were secure with our homes and, we thought, our jobs.  But when the war ended, the need was gone.  Still, another "Boom" from another visionary came along, Mr. Levitt who knew all these people returning from service were going to be seeking affordable housing.  And they were, in droves.  I grew up in Wantagh on the Levittown border and had one of the standard ranches.  Two types of homes, a ranch or a cape were your choices.  Schools ... more

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