"Not since the armistice of 1918," observed one reporter, "has Paris witnessed a downright demonstration of popular enthusiasm and excitement equal to that displayed by the throngs flocking to the boulevards for news Over the next few hours, the crowds spilled into the Boulevard Poissoniere-until it became unpassable-where they expected to find the most reliable accounts of Lindbergh's progress posted in front of the Paris Thirty thousand people flocked toward the Place de l'Opera, where illuminated advertising signs flashed newsīulletins. Once the radio announced that Lindbergh had flown over southern England, mobs formed in the heart of Paris. Inasmuch as the traffic moved very slowly," one reveler recalled of that night in 1927, "bottles were passed from cab to cab celebrating the earthshaking achievement." A mile from the airfield, the flow of traffic came to "Everyone had acquired a bottle of something and, Passengers poked their heads through the sliding roof panels of the Parisian taxis, greeting each other in jubilation. The boulevards were jammed with cars ten abreast. Herrick recalled, "for crowds were already collecting along the road and in a short time passage was almost impossible." "It was a good thing we did not delay another quarter of an hour," Herrick rushed back to his residence in Paris, ate a quick dinner at 6:30, then left for the airfield at Le Bourget, to the northeast of the city. All eyes were on the Ambassador as he hastily left courtside, convincing most of the spectators that their prayers were being answered. In the middle of the match, Herrick receivedĪ telegram-confirmation that Lindbergh had passed over Valencia in Ireland. The course of the afternoon, people in the stands heard newsboys shouting the headlines of their éditions spéciales, announcing Lindbergh's expected arrival that night. When he took his seat in the front row, five thousand fans cheered.
Cloud after lunch that Saturday to watch the France-American team-tennis matches.
The American Ambassador to France, Myron T. He had to endure but a few more hours before reaching his destination, Paris. Leg of his journey-the fifteen- hour crossing of the Atlantic. Louis-word quickly spread from continent to continent that Charles A. Twenty-seven hours after he had left Roosevelt Field in New York-alone, in the Spirit of St. ".living in dreams of yesterday, we find ourselves still dreamingįOR MORE THAN A DAY THE WORLD HELD ITS BREATH and then the small plane was sighted over Ireland.
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