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Portion of Charles Lindbergh Boulevard named in honor of Tuskegee Airman from Hempstead

Wheeler's family attended the ceremony on a section of Charles Lindbergh Boulevard, just in time to celebrate National Aviation Day. It is now known as William M. Wheeler Way.

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