New Jersey 101.5 » Hindenburg http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Sun, 19 May 2013 05:19:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Ceremony Held To Mark Hindenburg Disaster http://nj1015.com/ceremony-held-to-mark-hindenburg-disaster/ http://nj1015.com/ceremony-held-to-mark-hindenburg-disaster/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 13:04:51 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=100307 Several hundred people gathered at a military base in New Jersey to mark the anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/ceremony-held-to-mark-hindenburg-disaster/feed/ 0 Hindenburg Disaster In Lakehurst 75 Years Ago Today http://nj1015.com/hindenburg-disaster-in-lakehurst-75-years-ago-today/ http://nj1015.com/hindenburg-disaster-in-lakehurst-75-years-ago-today/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 13:46:01 +0000 Dan Alexander http://nj1015.com/?p=100034 It was 75 years ago today the hydrogen-filled German airship Hindenburg burned and crashed in Lakehurst, killing 35 of the 97 people on board and a Navy crewman on the ground.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/hindenburg-disaster-in-lakehurst-75-years-ago-today/feed/ 0 Hindenburg Remembered: Learning From The Past – Part 5 http://nj1015.com/hindenburg-remembered-learning-from-the-past-part-5/ http://nj1015.com/hindenburg-remembered-learning-from-the-past-part-5/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 13:28:05 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://nj1015.com/?p=100025 Observances marking the date that the airship Hindenburg exploded over Lakehurst Naval Air Station take place every year. But our cultural need to turn certain years into benchmarks gives this weekend's ceremonies extra poignance.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/hindenburg-remembered-learning-from-the-past-part-5/feed/ 0 Hindenburg Remembered: Inside The Disaster – Part 4 http://nj1015.com/hindenburg-remembered-inside-the-disaster-part-4/ http://nj1015.com/hindenburg-remembered-inside-the-disaster-part-4/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 13:26:03 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://nj1015.com/?p=100021 Time has a way of softening memory. But the detonation, disintegration and death in Lakehurst 75 years ago when the airship Hindenburg burned remains sharply etched in the minds of the few still alive who witnessed it.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/hindenburg-remembered-inside-the-disaster-part-4/feed/ 0 Hindenburg Remembered: Why It Still Matters – Part 3 http://nj1015.com/hindenburg-remembered-why-it-still-matters-part-3/ http://nj1015.com/hindenburg-remembered-why-it-still-matters-part-3/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 13:24:54 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://nj1015.com/?p=100017 When people from all walks of life, from far corners of the earth, gather in Ocean County this weekend to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Hindenburg's fiery destruction in Lakehurst, it's another chapter in a perpetual tug-of-war between myth and reality.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/hindenburg-remembered-why-it-still-matters-part-3/feed/ 0 Hindenburg Remembered: Death Of A Dream – Part 2 http://nj1015.com/hindenburg-remembered-death-of-a-dream-part-2/ http://nj1015.com/hindenburg-remembered-death-of-a-dream-part-2/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 13:23:28 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://nj1015.com/?p=100013 As we mark three-quarters of a century since the German airship Hindenburg crashed and burned at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, the curators of the base's rich aviation history offer perspective of its meaning before and after the disaster.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/hindenburg-remembered-death-of-a-dream-part-2/feed/ 0 Public Observance Marks 75th Anniversary of Hindenburg Disaster – Part 1 http://nj1015.com/public-observance-marks-75th-anniversary-of-hindenburg-disaster-part-1/ http://nj1015.com/public-observance-marks-75th-anniversary-of-hindenburg-disaster-part-1/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 13:21:51 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://nj1015.com/?p=100009 What began as a routine run between Germany and New Jersey 75 years ago this Sunday ended as the most dramatic air disaster of its time in Lakehurst. The mighty airship Hindenburg disintegrated in a ball of flames, taking 35 lives with her.

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