The TWA reunion at JFK puts a spring in the step of pilot’s daughter Carolyn McGreevy.
© Joyce McGreevy
(Part 1, “Growing up ‘TWA’,” here.)
Heard the one about 700 people spending several days at the airport—on purpose? As storms drench New York’s JFK Airport, Trans World Airlines alumni gather for a TWA reunion, and travel memories come flooding back.
Not even a storm can dampen our excitement about the TWA reunion.
© Joyce McGreevy
Butterfly Town U.S.A.
© Meredith Mullins
Sometimes, a city’s descriptive moniker is so memorable, it becomes a part of modern culture.
New York—The Big Apple
Philadelphia—The City of Brotherly Love
Las Vegas—What happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas.
One slogan like “The Big Apple” may not be enough for a city like New York (also represented by
“The City that Never Sleeps,” “Gotham,” and “I Love New York”).
© iStock/emyu
However, there is a unique universe to explore in the town slogans and welcome signs of some of America’s smaller cities. And the focus that each community chooses can be a travel inspiration.
Chicago’s sweeping views are mosaics of historical detail.
© Jennifer Kleiman
Poet Carl Sandburg called Chicago “The City of the Big Shoulders.” America’s third biggest city is known for big sights—as a few little details will show:
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