OCTOBER 16
Few in Doolittle, Missouri, remember their once-famous namesake visiting them 75 years ago.
Seventy-five years ago this month, famed World War II hero James Doolittle visited the town named for him just two years earlier. This was a really bug deal and thousands attended the event at the time.
Doolittle's visit came on October 11, 1946. In 1944, the town of Centertown became Doolittle (and on Route 66).
Doolittle's population today is just 648 and few living there know the origins of the name.
There is only a brass plaque in the community center about it.
I had heard it was named after him. But the thing I remember the most about Doolittle is the very low speed limit through town, even though there is not much there to warrant such a low speed.
--RoadDog
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