New Philadelphia, Ohio: John Glenn Billboard
Colorful, flat brush illustrated billboard outside the small airport where John Glenn learned to fly, features the future Right Stuff astronaut and his first American-to-orbit Mercury capsule.
- Address:
- 1834 E. High Ave., New Philadelphia, OH
- Directions:
- Southeast edge of town, on the south side of OH-259/E. High Ave., along the road outside Harry Clever Field airport. Not visible driving northwest.
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Cool. Where it all started for John Glenn in 1941.
[Don Whittingham, 11/20/2020]
A bright, visually stunning tribute to flight, adventure, aerospace, and the legend himself. The mural stands outside of Harry Clever Field, a small airport on the southeast side of New Philadelphia.
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Glenn, still a teenager, took his first flying lessons from Harry Clever in New Philadelphia.