Union Terminal's 75th Birthday!

Ok, it is a few months off but Union Terminal will be 75 years old on March 31. I mention it as there was a nice article in Monday's Enquirer detailing the occassion and how the Museum Center plans on celebrating. Below are the events planned and a few of them sound very interesting.

March 29-30: Diamond Jubilee Kick-Off Weekend includes performances by the Singing Trainmen, High Steel tours into the rafters above the rotunda, opening of an exhibit on the terminal and its history, collection of oral histories, screenings of the 1981 WCET documentary "Died Young," activities for kids and the time capsule opening ceremony (March 30).

April 14: Organist Gerre Hancock and the May Festival Chorus perform.

May 23: Free Friday gets you into all museums 4-8 p.m. except for the Omnimax and "Bodies" exhibit.

June 6: Union Terminal in the 1940s recreates the heyday with a comprehensive tour that includes a visit to the outdoor train platforms, ornate offices of the terminal's president, a look at the USO and other amenities that would have been offered soldiers, an interpreted visit to the World War II exhibit, presentations in Newsreel Theater and a 1940s style lunch from a '40s menu.

A National Historic Landmark, Union Terminal was completed in 1933 and was designed by architects Alfred Fellheimer and Stewart Wagner with Paul Phillipe Cret.