Edward Rowe Snow Born This Day

Edward Rowe Snow was born today in 1902 in Winthrop, Massachusetts. He was a teacher, historian,Flying Santa and prolific author of over 40 books and many more publications. He was a chronicler of New England maritime history. A graduate of both Boston University and Harvard. He served as 1st Lt. in World War 2 in the XII Bomber Command. After the war he had his own youth orientated radio show and was a columnist for the Patriot Ledger newspaper. He also was a part of the "Flying Santa" which would fly around to New England lighthouses and drop off packages for the keepers at Christmas time. He passed away April 10,1982 in Marshfield, Massachusetts.