The Winter 2025 Newsletter is here!
Happy Hoildays and New Year! We are excited to bring ina new year with our WASP family, friends, and supporters. In April on the 17 – 18, our staff would
December 31, 2025
Happy Hoildays and New Year! We are excited to bring ina new year with our WASP family, friends, and supporters. In April on the 17 – 18, our staff would
At the newly renovated Mineola Station, along the main line of the Long Island Railroad, stands a work of public art depicting two figures cast in bronze, which are larger than life, both historically and figuratively.
The WASP Museum congratulates Tynnlie Schram, Sydney Edwards, and Paige Nicholson for their documentary on the WASP, Sisters in the Sky Reaching New Heights Claiming Military Rights. These 6th grade ladies from Akron-Westfield
In 2005, while recording her oral history, Lillian Yonally recalled the thrilling sensation of lifting up from a runway and into the air.
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“Our mission is to honor the 38 WASP who died in the service of their country” – U.S. Army Chaplain, Capt. J. Clemens, 2013
The Harmon family has built a remarkable legacy of aviation and service spanning over a century, beginning with Lt. Ernest E. Harmon’s historic ‘Round-the-Rim’ flight in 1919. From WASP pilot Elaine Harmon’s contributions to women’s military aviation to her granddaughter Erin Miller’s advocacy for WASP recognition at Arlington National Cemetery, their dedication to flight and country has continued across generations. Today, Erin carries on the family tradition as a pilot, ensuring that the Harmon legacy soars into the future.
After the bill to militarize the WASP failed by 19 votes in June 1944, the WASP were officially disbanded on December 20, 1944, and the women who had served their country admirably were sent home in stunned silence at their own expense.
