#TodayInHistory: On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the moon. (Photo @GettyImages) pic.twitter.com/denI3I8F1A— Best Of CBS New York (@BestOfCBSNY) July 20, 2016
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Wednesday, July 20, 2016
I Almost Forgot About This
I was at church camp in Ohio. All forty of us were jammed in a counselors' cabin and watched on a 12 inch, black and white TV with a grainy, antenna-based signal as Armstrong jumped from the LEM ladder. It was great. If you are at least my age, you remember what that was like, how positive and important it was, especially after the traumatic preceding 18 months.