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Air Force Museum Foundation presents

One-Woman Show on Aviation Pioneer Bessie Coleman

March 14, 2019

The Air Force Museum Foundation Living History Series is presenting Gigi Coleman-Brooms in a one-woman show where she portrays her great aunt, Bessie Coleman, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on March 14, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.  Doors open at 6 p.m.

Through her performance, Ms. Coleman-Brooms tells the story of her great aunt’s persistence and heroism that helped her earn a spot in aviation history as the first female of African and Native-American descent to hold a pilot’s license. Ms. Coleman-Brooms’ performance will leave you inspired and proud of aviation history and the heroes and heroines who made it possible.

Tickets are only $10 each, $8 for Air Force Museum Foundation members.  Tickets are available at afmuseum.com/livinghistory or by calling 937.656.9631.

The goal of the Living History Series is to “Educate, honor and inspire.”  The 2019 Living History Series is supported by Holiday Inn Dayton-Fairborn and the law firm Taft.