On our way home from Asbury, we stopped in Huntington, WV for a couple days. While there, we checked out some of the memorials related to the plane crash that killed most of the players on 1970 Marshall University football team.
Ever since we saw the movie, We are Marshall, we’ve noticed the exit signs for Marshall University on I-64 near Huntington, WV. So, on our final trip from Asbury, we finally got to stop.
Last November, we watched the movie, which is based on events surrounding the plane crash, and particularly, the rebuilding of the team in the months that followed. We enjoyed the movie and I wrote about it in this post (one of the more popular topics from search engine traffic, especially when the movie was still fairly new).
The story is a great example of leading during times of immense adversity. Coach Jack Lengyel, who was hired to rebuild the program, did a magnificent job!
For more on the 1970 tragedy, see Marshall University’s memorial page.
What we did …
- We ate lunch at the Marshall Hall of Fame Cafe.
- We visited the memorial at Marshall University.
- We traveled to the Spring Hill Cemetery to see the memorial and the burial places of six of the players whose bodies were unidentifiable (as seen in the movie).
- We saw the memorial at the football stadium.
- And, finally, we visited the site of the plane crash on a hillside near the Tri-State Airport.
It was an interesting experience, especially after having watched the movie. Now, I want to see the movie again!
