WHAT A DAY

TIME FLIES LIKE AN ARROW - FRUIT FLIES LIKE APPLES.

DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO WAS ENGAGED TO A MAN WITH A WOODEN LEG? SHE BROKE IT OFF!

JUNE 2O, 1968 was a day like no other. After years of watching serials at the movies featuring space cadets, flying around in rocket ships. Fighting aliens, always winning and returning home safe and sound. This it was for real.

In 1969, color television was still in it's infancy. In order to get color the screen had to be demagnetized. A technician would visit your home and run a strange looking machine over the screen and "POW" you had color.

Millions of Americans, myself included bought color sets just to see man walk on the "real" moon". We sat around the set as the count down to landing continued. 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2- we all held our breath 1 - THE EAGLE HAS LANDED. These words are not a famous as some others, but they set the country on it's ear.

Smiles, laughter and tears, the entire gamut of emotion ran through all of us. Truly a dream come true.

It is unfortunate that today's generation(s) do not really appreciate the event, it's enormity and the bravery of those who made it happen. I get the feeling that today's generations somehow would find something to complain about this marvelous event. Too bad, they will never know what they missed.

The "THRILL OF VICTORY" followed in later years by the agony of defeat.

As with the day JFk was killed, the shuttles blew up and the buildings fell, those who saw it will always know where they were on July 20, 1969.

More later in the week.