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4. Hindenburg Reconsidered - The History Guy

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2026, 01:04 PM

15 hrs ago

18:32 min.

Hindenburg Reconsidered
The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered

May 6, 2026

89 years ago, on May 6, 1937, a great airship burned in one of the most memorable moments of the twentieth century. The story of the Hindenburg has, over time, become more legend than fact, while truth has become nearly forgotten history.

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On this day, May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg floated high over Manhattan on its way to NAS Lakehurst. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves 15 hrs ago OP

Caskets of people killed on airship Hindenburg, waiting on New York pier for shipment to Germany mahatmakanejeeves 15 hrs ago #1

Caskets carrying victims of Hindenburg disaster being loaded aboard German ship "Hamburg" for shipment to Germany mahatmakanejeeves 15 hrs ago #2

One of the later episodes of "the Waltons" I remember the most--when John Boy (then a reporter) hlthe2b 15 hrs ago #3

Hindenburg Reconsidered - The History Guy sl8 15 hrs ago #4