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Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Where were you on July 20, 1969, when astronaut Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon? What do you remember of that day?: 4 of 4

July 20, 1969, it's evening time just past the dinner hour and America is watching history being broadcast from the moon in the comfort of our living rooms. It's an exciting time being 14 years old, enjoying the last summer before high school. It is a time of the acute awareness of life, it's joys, it's sufferings and it's responsibilities. As I turn on the black and white TV set, there's a feeling of anticipation; an impatient excitement in the air. I am not sure what will happen, but when I hear those words, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," I feel again the immensity...
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