'Lindbergh' may be the next Madison school name to go

March 20, 2023

Lindbergh Elementary School may be next in line to get a new name.

A group sent an official proposal to the Madison School District on Monday requesting that famous aviator Charlies Lindbergh's name be removed because he had ties to Nazism and held antisemitic beliefs.

If the effort is successful, Lindbergh would be the fifth school in the district to be renamed in recent years over a namesake's questionable actions or beliefs.

Last fall, community member Betsy Abramson was watching a PBS special on World War II when she learned about the pilot's checkered past.

"He was just a bad guy," said Abramson, who is Jewish. She turned to her husband after watching the special and said, "Don't we have a Lindbergh Elementary School in Madison?"

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