Forty Years Ago Today

[wordsrmylife]

If you're the right age, do you remember watching men land and walk on the moon? Do you remember where you were? Was it the first time you watched a space trip?

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I like this video, because we lived out in the sticks and only got 2 channels, with iffy reception at best (remember aerials?), so the image we saw was especially blurry.

That Sunday night I

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[jeannineatkins]

If memory serves, Walter Cronkite was on the air for that occasion, or maybe I only wished he were.

I love that line. We don't ask for huge amounts of justice, after all.

Nice post! (of course I'm enjoying watching the Great Unboxing, but in sort of yikes! way.)

[kellyrfineman]

I remember parts of it. I was little, but I remember seeing it. Everyone everywhere came inside at that time to watch it. And I DO remember seeing Walter Cronkite there as well. "And that's the way it is."

[wordsrmylife]

The "everyone everywhere" element is a good part of what makes it such a strong memory for people.