Honors
Two airports in New York are named in honor of Floyd Bennett: Floyd Bennett Field, New York City's first municipal airport, and Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport in Queensbury, New York, near his birthplace. The destroyer USS Bennett (DD-473) is also named in his honor. On his flight to the South Pole in 1929, Byrd named his Ford Tri-motor airplane the Floyd Bennett in his honor. In his hometown of Warrensburg is the Floyd Bennett Park and Bandstand.
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Famous quotes containing the word honors:
“My heart’s subdued
Even to the very quality of my lord.
I saw Othello’s visage in his mind,
And to his honors and his valiant parts
Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“There is a moment when god honors falsehood.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)
“Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous; but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)