Amelia Earhart: A Pacific Legacy
Notice to the Press
Office of the SpokespersonWashington, DCMarch 19, 2012
On March 20, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will host an event to celebrate Amelia Earhart and the United States’ ties to our Pacific neighbors. Secretary Clinton will be joined by Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. The event will begin at approximately 9:00 a.m.
On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan left the Territory of New Guinea (now Papua New Guinea) en route Howland Island in the South Pacific, but they never arrived. Tuesday’s event will underscore America’s spirit of adventure and courage, as embodied by Amelia Earhart, and our commitment to seizing new opportunities for cooperation with Pacific neighbors founded on the United States’ long history of engagement in the Asia-Pacific region.
