Rosemary LaPlance

Historical marker location:

31 N Michigan Ave, Atlantic City, New Jersey

( Marker is on North Michigan Avenue just south of Arctic Avenue, on the left when traveling south.)

Los Angeles, CA. Miss America 1941.

The Hindenburg disaster, one of the most famous airship accidents in history, occurred in New Jersey in 1937. The German airship caught fire and crashed while attempting to dock at the Naval Air Station in Lakehurst.