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| melody |
Posted - Aug 25 2012 : 1:45:57 PM
"Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."
Saddened to hear of Neil Armstrong's passing today at the age of 82.
I remember very clearly where I was when the Eagle landed-My grandmother's house in Michigan. We were there visiting from Maine-And, I remember racing outside with my brother and sister gazing up at at the night sky and wondering if we could catch a glimpse of the astronauts as they walked on the moon!
What a remarkable man...
Melody
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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Aug 29 2012 : 09:15:10 AM
Melody, that is a beautiful photo and tribute for an American Hero.
Dawn in IL |
| crafter |
Posted - Aug 29 2012 : 05:42:37 AM
yes- a Great MAN indeed!! He will be missed by all.
Lori
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| Beverly Gill |
Posted - Aug 29 2012 : 03:38:52 AM
the night he died, his family asked that you go and wink at the moon. When my daughter and I went out to wink.....there beside the moon was a rectangular shaped cloud leading up to the moon....looked like a staircase to heaven----it was amazing----never saw anything like it.
 
Beverly Gill
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| prariehawk |
Posted - Aug 26 2012 : 01:37:11 AM
Yes, I remember Neil Armstrong walking on the moon. We watched it on a little black and white TV since someone had stolen our large color one. My brother had a telescope so we tried to see what was going on up there but it didn't work
Cindy
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| summer girl |
Posted - Aug 25 2012 : 10:38:14 PM
It is sad to hear of such a grate mans passing but I am not sad for him. How can one be sad for a man who got to go beond the earth and see what very few people have ever seen for himself. How can you feel sad for a life well lived?
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Aug 25 2012 : 7:06:12 PM
Aye, an Armstrong he was! As you can see I am an Armstrong but by marriage. On our first trip to Scotland we visited some places in "Armstrong Country" . . . the Armstrongs are a Border clan. One of the museums had a huge tribute display to Neil. The Scotland Armstrongs were proud of him!
CJ Armstrong
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| nubidane |
Posted - Aug 25 2012 : 7:00:38 PM
Agreed Rosemary, beautiful photo from Melody..
Actually, he read from "Portrait of Lincoln"
Here is a snippet I found online.
"The sea of people at Riverbend rose in a wave as Neil Armstrong spoke Abraham Lincoln's words firmly and with emotion: 'That these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth.' "
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| Rosemary |
Posted - Aug 25 2012 : 6:04:03 PM
What a beautiful photograph, Melody. hat a wonderful man he was. "Quiet hero" is right. That concert must have been thrilling, Lisa. Did he read "High Flight"? |
| jan49829 |
Posted - Aug 25 2012 : 3:31:05 PM
Very sad day. He was truely a hero. He will be missed, that is for sure.
Janet
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| nubidane |
Posted - Aug 25 2012 : 2:46:34 PM
He lived in Cincinnati, my hometown & about an hour from my current residence. He was a very private man, and declined interviews & accolades. I have heard his actual autograph is worth many dollars because he simply did not sign them. Such a quiet hero.
So you can imagine the delight, when hubs & I went to see the Mormon Tabernacle Choir about 4 yrs ago with the Cincinnati Pops, & Neil Armstrong did a reading! What a treat to get to see such an icon & not even realize he was to be in the program. His oration gave us chills.
So sorry to hear of his passing, but proud to be a Cincinnatian where he made his home, & honored to be able to have seen him in person. |
| Bear5 |
Posted - Aug 25 2012 : 2:24:46 PM
A very remarkable man, indeed.
Marly
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