[The-wheels-museum] WHEELS Upcoming Events Calendar

[The Wheels Museum]

   WHEELS Museum

                                       May 2024 Events

 

 

Kids and Family Event

Saturday, May 11: 11 AM to 1 PM

              At WHEELS Museum, 1100 2nd St. SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102

RSVP: 505-243-6269 or email to Leba4 at aol.com <mailto:Leba4 at aol.com>
Admission is free, but limited to 50 people.


 

May 18

“The Day an Atomic Bomb Was Dropped on Albuquerque…and Other Military Aviation Accidents”

Speaker: Roland Pentilla, Historian

Saturday, May 18, 2024.

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

At WHEELS Museum, 1100 2nd St. SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102

RSVP: 505-243-6269 or email to Leba4 at aol.com <mailto:Leba4 at aol.com>
Admission is free, but limited to 50 people.

 

There have been many military accidents that have happened in Albuquerque and New Mexico not the least was an accidental dropping of a 42,000 pound Nuclear Bomb near Kirtland AFB.  Did you know that the Air Force calls mishaps involving nuclear weapons, Broken Arrow accidents?  Learn the details of this 1957 accident and other New Mexico military aviation accidents as amateur historian, Roland Penttila, provides the details with photos and newspaper clippings from the events.

 

Roland Penttila is a retired civil engineer who took an interest in local history and has given a number of talks on history topics over the past 15 years.  He brings a particular focus on this topic as he also obtained a commercial pilot’s license and has also been interested in all topics aviation.  He has lived in New Mexico since 1998 and lives in the Southeast Heights with his wife and two rescue dogs, Andy and Bitty.

 


 

 

May 25 – FREE ADMISSION: Two events:

Commemorating Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month

The Chinese American Railroad Workers in New Mexico

Saturday, May 25, 2024

10:00 AM to Noon

1100 2nd St. SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102

RSVP: 505-243-6269 or email to Leba4 at aol.com <mailto:Leba4 at aol.com>
Admission: Free but limited to 50 people.

 

10:00am: Presentation: Fred Friedman’s upcoming presentation focuses on the numerous, although little known, contributions of Chinese men and women to railroad development in New Mexico, from its late 1870s construction period, into the world war years, and beyond. While railroad work was perilous for all that did it, the Chinese overcame multiple added obstacles, including language difficulties, being assigned the more dangerous track assignments, and facing discriminating & demeaning treatment both on and off the job. How such difficulties were transformed into assets, that are slowly being recognized today, make up part of Mr. Friedman's illustrated presentation on New Mexico Railroads & the Asset of Chinese Laborers.

 

Speaker: Fred Friedman has an extensive background in New Mexico railroading history, having worked for many years in state government as a railroad administrator. He has also contracted with a variety of law firms as a railroad accident investigator and expert witness in railroad accident cases throughout the country. Fred is also a longtime board member of the Historical Society, having spoken on dozens of railroad topics associated with New Mexico that include 'Native American Railroad Workers', 'Whatever Happened to Cabooses?', and 'Railroads, as Implementers of Federal Policy in the United States'.

 

Also: May 25 11:00AM  SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY THE

ALBUQUERQUE  CHINESE  FOLK  DANCE  ENSEMBLE

 

Registration required: Call the Wheels Museum 505-243-6269

Admission is limited to 50 persons

Refreshments

 

Sponsorship: 

Fay Yao/Asiatic Research International

 

More Coming events: Save the Dates and More Information Will Follow.

 

June 1         Western Music- Doug Figgs  11am

 

June 15      Historic Route 66 - Ronn Perea, Historian 11am

 

June 22     2pm Paulette Weir presentation/family tour:  family ancestry 

1500’s-1900’s in Albuquerque: the Rail Yard, Corrales, East Mountains, Union County, & Lincoln County; ABQ      founding family; Gonzales Bas, Romero, Gutierrez, Paul/Pohl-(in the book, The French in NM).  2pm

 

July 29      John Boersma- Artificial Intelligence 10am

 

July 13        Ron Panebouf- will speak about Hobey Baker, Pilot 

                      During WWI, he flew a Sopwith Camel. 10am

 

July 20        Steve Cormier (Breaking Bad, Wyatt Earp)    

                      performing country music $10 12pm

 

Aug 10         NM Historic Markers- Phil & Roseanne Archuleta 11am

 

Aug 18        Joel Alden White- Country/Western

                       performance $10 2pm 


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