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Baby Boomers

llmart

(16,331 posts) Thu Jul 17, 2014, 02:40 PM Jul 2014

Where were you when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon? [View all]

and what are your memories of it?

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Where were you when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon? [View all] llmart Jul 2014 OP

With my family watching the television Sanity Claws Jul 2014 #1

Me too! nt eastwestdem Jun 2016 #22

Boothbay Harbor, Maine bluedigger Jul 2014 #2

KU Music and Arts Camp. MuseRider Jul 2014 #3

Watching on TV in Columbus, Ohio. sinkingfeeling Jul 2014 #4

I was sewing my wedding veil OKNancy Jul 2014 #5

What a beautiful story.... llmart Jul 2014 #7

Lovely Joinfortmill Feb 2020 #45

My (then) husband and I were visiting friends. I kept wishing that they would all be quiet Arkansas Granny Jul 2014 #6

Working on the mission. DavidDvorkin Jul 2014 #8

Oh, come on........ llmart Jul 2014 #9

LM Rendezvous radar rendezvous error analysis DavidDvorkin Jul 2014 #10

Cool! llmart Jul 2014 #11

We used to pronounce it LEM because of the original DavidDvorkin Jul 2014 #12

I actually know that about the acronym..... llmart Jul 2014 #13

Hah! DavidDvorkin Jul 2014 #14

+100 !! (NT) PosterChild Sep 2015 #21

I honestly don't remember where I was, although I do remember it happening, of course. n/t whathehell Jul 2014 #15

Well, it WAS the '60's after all:) llmart Jul 2014 #16

Yep! whathehell Jul 2014 #17

In a tent on a mountain in West Virginia where there were no phones, no raidos, no 1monster Sep 2014 #18

Home, alone, watching SheilaT Sep 2014 #19

My grandmother kept a trailer parked on a lake in northern Minnesota, and Lydia Leftcoast Nov 2014 #20

On a family road trip to the PNW shanti Jun 2016 #23

July 20, 1969 left-of-center2012 Aug 2016 #24

Magical FreeWheatForever Sep 2016 #25

How eloquent! llmart Sep 2016 #26

BTW..... llmart Sep 2016 #27

Pure Michigan FreeWheatForever Sep 2016 #28

I think you're being facetious:) llmart Sep 2016 #29

I was in 7th grade, but I don't remember much TexasBushwhacker Oct 2016 #30

Wow. That's an amazing story. llmart Oct 2016 #31

Yup, first grade TexasBushwhacker Oct 2016 #32

home with a colicky week old baby... samnsara Feb 2017 #33

Vietnam pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #34

Bet you never forget that for as long as you live... llmart Mar 2017 #35

At work with a radio on. duncang Apr 2017 #36

Boot Camp jarhead69 Sep 2017 #37

LOL! llmart Sep 2017 #38

Vietnam.... N/T jimmil Jul 2019 #39

What? llmart Jul 2019 #40

I remember it like it happened yesterday... Talitha Dec 2019 #41

Thank you for such a wonderful story. llmart Dec 2019 #42

It's so cool that your Son works for NASA!!! Talitha Dec 2019 #43

I'll have to look that one up. llmart Dec 2019 #44

Twinkle in the eye kelly97 May 2020 #46