In 1933, Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart left a White House dinner

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31. My Dad met them both once.

My grandparents lived in Chevy Chase, Maryland and belonged to the National Geographic Society and went to all their monthly luncheons. One time my grandfather was too ill to go to the luncheon, so my grandmother took my Dad with her. He was 14 at the time I believe. The guest speaker that time was Amelia Earhart. This was around 1933 or 1934. After the luncheon, my Dad and grandmother came across Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt in a hallway. My grandmother mustered up her social skills and introduced them to her and my Dad. They had a polite conversation for a few minutes. My Dad recalled this story to much later, in the 1980s I believe. Her remembered it as one of his best memories of his youth. He himself later went on to become a pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps.