The Roaring 20’s

the beginning of modern America -- a decade that helped set the tone for the rest of the century.

Prohibition

The 19th Ammendment

The Rise of Organized Crime and Bootleggers

The Rise of Hollywoodland through silent movies

Technology

Women’s Fashion

Men’s Fashion

Jazz, Ragtime and Broadway musicals

* “Talkies” refer to films with spoken words. The first, The Jazz Singer appeared in 1927

the flapper-- young women cut their hair short and hiked up their hem lines and painted their faces. The flappers male counterpart was known as the Flaming Youth. Both decadent party goers demanded the access to the liquors that were accessible to the very well connected and thus a demand that had never really vanished increased.

Sports

Charles Lindberg First Person to Make a Solo Transatlantic Flight

Born February 4, 1902, in Detroit, Michigan, Charles Lindbergh grew up on a farm near Little Falls, Minnesota the son of a lawyer/U.S. Congressman.

Charles showed exceptional mechanical ability, even as a child, and was encouraged to attend college and make the most of his talent.

On the advice of his father, Charles enlisted in the United States Army in 1924, to be trained as an Army Air Service Reserve pilot. Graduating the following year, Charles Lindbergh was named the best pilot in his class.

In 1919, Raymond Orteig, a New York City hotel owner, offered $25,000 to the first aviator who could fly nonstop from New York to Paris.

Many Tried and Many Failed

Lucky Lindy But in 1927, with a 220- horsepower Wright Whirlwind plane that he named, The Spirit of St. Louis, Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in New York, and became the first pilot in the world to make a solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

"Lone Eagle" instantly became a hero. Lindbergh flew some 3600 miles in just over 33-hours and proudly collected his $25,000 reward in front of cheering fans in Paris.

And He Was Famous Overnight

Songs and dances were even named after him

And Then He Met Her With success under his belt and fans everywhere, twenty-five year old Lindbergh flew to various Latin- American countries in 1927, at the request of the U.S. government. His mission: to be a symbol of goodwill. While working in Mexico, Lindbergh met Anne Spencer Morrow, the daughter of the American Ambassador. They would marry in 1929, and travel the world together, charting new routes for various airlines that are still used by commercial jetliners today. Ms. Lindbergh herself would go on to become a famous poet and writer.

Tragedy Strikes Much to world's surprise, twenty month old Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. was kidnapped from his home nursery in New Jersey in 1932, making headlines across the country.

The Hunt Was ON