Where were you on July 20, 1969 when Apollo 11

[doc03]

landed on the moon? I was in the Army at Camp May near Regan Germany. We had a party for us and the local villagers. The Germans brought food and barrels of beer.
We entertained the kids driving them around the post on APCs and the jeep. The Germans had pony rides for the kids. It was a fun day for all.

[Kablooie]

1. I was at home watching a rented color TV.

My dad rented a color TV especially for the moon landing.
He was disappointed that it was all in black and white.

[doc03]

2. We crowded in the day room and watched on a 19"

b&w tv.

[Hotler]

3. 14-yrs old delivering the Denver Post. I got a first day issue moon landing stamp for

signing up a bunch of new customers. The stamp was printed with ink that went up and back on that mission.

[htuttle]

4. At my neighbor's house, watching a tiny B&W television sitting on a dresser

We had been playing in his yard when his father called us inside to 'see something we won't want to miss'.

Sure enough, he was right.

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

5. I was 12 and at my grandparents house in Hazard KY.

There was a thunderstorm and I remember pitching a major fit to get my grandfather to turn the television on. I won 😊

[littlemissmartypants]

6. With my granny for the summer.

The two of us watching it on her black and white set.

[Buzz cook]

7. I was in a boat house watching on a tiny portable TV.

Fun day.

[MicaelS]

8. Parked in front of my 19 inch B&W TV.

Watched the whole thing. I was 12 years old.

Any motherfucker tries to tell.me the landing was a hoax I might just pull a Buzz Aldrin on them.

[struggle4progress]

9. Heading home from a month-long roadtrip, we got the news when we stopped for lunch

at a little greasy-spoon diner

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. Busy removing all the "NO PARKING" signs on the moon.

Actually, watching the landing at a neighbor's house. They had just purchased a big color TV and invited us over.

Everyone had a great time.

[Crabby Appleton]

11. I was in the US Army

Long Binh Vietnam where I had been stationed since 8 Aug 68, It was just another working day in the Nam, l did hear about it happening though.

[Harker]

12. 4871 Idylwild Trail, Boulder, CO.

In the living room watching events develop on the first color TV my family ever owned.

Not that color was especially helpful...

[Arkansas Granny]

13. I was glued to the tv. I had followed the mission from the launch and

watched the news every day for updates. It was just unbelievable and exciting to think that men were really going to walk on the moon.

I had been fascinated by the space program since I was a kid and we got little plastic replicas of Nike missiles in boxes of Grape Nuts Flakes cereal (which I loved because they sponsored the Roy Rogers Show).

When Russia launched Sputnik, the local tv stations would tell what dates and times that it would pass overhead and we would watch the skies to see if we could pick that little twinkling moving light from the background of stars.

[Turbineguy]

14. Working in the aerospace industry.

I few months later I was actually working on stuff used in the Apollo program.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

15. Air Force ROTC summer training camp at Eglin AFB, FL

Everyone sat on the floor of the gym and watched the images on an old black-and-white television. Even sitting on the front row the images from the Moon were barely comprehensible.

While the original videos of the first landing on the moon were lost -- most likely erased so something else could be recorded on the tape -- there were enough copies available that one could be enhanced using modern technology to produce this clearer video:

The first moon landing was more than a once-in-a-lifetime event; it was a once in the history of mankind event. I'm glad I got to witness it in real time.

[beveeheart]

16. Washington and Lee Univ., Lexington VA at a

6 week French immersion study program, sponsored by the govt. for French teachers. We had to pledge at the beginning of the course to only speak French while on campus. Our French instructors were as excited as we were to watch the astronauts and hear the call from President Nixon. Lots of champagne and wine to celebrate the event!!!

[ProudLib72]

17. I wasn't born yet. What did I miss?

[NNadir]

18. We went to my uncle's house. He had a color TV and we didn't. n/t.