The Mexican Lindbergh””And Why New Jersey Remembers Him

““All glory is fleeting,” the ancient Romans were fond of reminding their heroes. The wisdom of this is attested to by the life of Emilio Carranza Rodriguez.

When he died in 1928””yesterday was the seventy-eighth anniversary of his fatal plane crash””he was one of the most famous fliers in the world, perhaps on the verge of being placed on the same pedestal as his friend and inspiration Charles Lindbergh. Nearly eight decades later, he is unknown in this country””except to the 300-odd locals and visiting Mexicans who gathered in the middle of the New Jersey Pine Barrens this past Saturday to honor him.”

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