Balloon Travel
Happy birthday to hot-air balloonist Charles Green. Born in London on this day in 1785, Green was a celebrity in his time—setting distance records and inventing a steering mechanism. Today we honor him with a series on balloon travel. CANBERRA, Australia—Hot-air balloons rise at dawn in front of the old Parliament House. Canberra Balloon Fiesta, 2003.
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Book of the Week  RFK Funeral Train by Paul Fusco Thirty-nine years ago this week in Los Angeles, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. A funeral train carried his body from New York City to Washington, D.C. In RFK Funeral Train, Paul Fusco documents the funeral train procession. Despite the hot weather, hundreds of thousands of people stood along the train tracks waiting to pay their respects. | Join the Fray  © Marilyn Silverstone / Magnum Photos What do you think of these photos? Join the Fray, our reader discussion forum. The noises of men die slowly but as our car rolls over the continental division we know that the waters we will drink from now on will belong to rivers that in their turn belong to the Pacific and not anymore to our grey Atlantic and the noises of animals have taken over. Inge Morath |
