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| | The Story of the Land Family |
 | | One of these was Charles H. Land, a grandson of Ephraim, the son of Robert I, who moved to Detroit, the place his grand-uncle, Robert II, had helped to capture from the Americans in 1812. |
 | | Their son, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, was the aviator who on May 21, 1927, at the age of 25, made the famous non-stop solo flight in the "Spirit of St. Louis", from New York to Paris. |
 | | For this daring exploit, which outclassed the pioneer Atlantic crossing of the Britishers, Alcock and Brown, from Newfoundland to Ireland in 1919, he received the Orteig award of $25,000, the admiration of the world, the overwhelming adulation of the United States, and was given the rank of colonel. |
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