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58. It's the first memory I have. I was 2-1/2 years old.

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Sun Jul 21, 2024, 08:17 AM

Jul 21

All I remember is standing in the living room, watching it on TV, with my mother behind me, either ironing or sitting in her chair.

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So...Who watched The Moon Landing? [View all] electric_blue68 Jul 20 OP

I think I saw it at home. Don't know what day of the week it was. captain queeg Jul 20 #1

Ty electric_blue68 Jul 20 #26

It was Rebl2 Jul 20 #39

Thanks. I was pretty sure I remembered sitting around the old black and white tv. captain queeg Jul 21 #47

It was a Saturday that turned into a Sunday! LeftInTX Jul 21 #59

Nope, it was Sunday. lastlib Jul 21 #64

You are right Rebl2 Jul 21 #66

Ty i didn't remember the actual day electric_blue68 Jul 21 #68

As kids we saw at least one of the moon landings. applegrove Jul 20 #2

Ty electric_blue68 Jul 20 #28

I watched every minute of it! lastlib Jul 20 #3

Ty. I followed most of them. electric_blue68 Jul 20 #29

Wow! I was the opposite. And my dad was in the Air Force. I was also 12. LeftInTX Jul 21 #60

Small black and white TV Mz Pip Jul 20 #4

Ty. electric_blue68 Jul 20 #31

I did. I was sitting in my mother's living room. My father had died in April. rsdsharp Jul 20 #5

Oh, I never heard that! 😄 electric_blue68 Jul 20 #17

Go to :31 of this video, which is time compressed, but it shows it was upside down. rsdsharp Jul 20 #34

Omg 😄 I heard him say "currently it's upside down .." ty electric_blue68 Jul 20 #38

I didn't watch it because of this or maybe someone grabbed me at the right time. LeftInTX Jul 21 #91

Listened to it on transistor radio (remember those?) at Girl Scout Camp zeusdogmom Jul 20 #6

Oh, I remember my dad's transistor radio which I borrowed for certain events! What a great experience you had! electric_blue68 Jul 20 #18

Every single one Ferryboat Jul 20 #7

Ty. Definitely a Space Flight fan from a young age, too. electric_blue68 Jul 20 #32

I saw it. I was working my first job at the Delaware State news in Dover, Delaware Walleye Jul 20 #8

I love it! electric_blue68 Jul 20 #19

I certainly did sdfernando Jul 20 #9

Wow! Not easy to forget your birthday, then! electric_blue68 Jul 20 #20

Yeppers! Dave in VA Jul 20 #10

Cool, your very own TV! Ty electric_blue68 Jul 20 #33

Yep! roscoeroscoe Jul 20 #11

One of my favorite big coffee table books was put out by the Association of Space Explorers. Ad Astra! electric_blue68 Jul 20 #21

Raising Hand ProfessorGAC Jul 20 #12

Oh...wow! Always learning something new. Ty. electric_blue68 Jul 20 #22

I'm pretty sure I was at work that day... Wounded Bear Jul 20 #13

: ( electric_blue68 Jul 20 #23

I looked Rebl2 Jul 20 #40

I was at work. duncang Jul 20 #14

Good you got to ses it anyway! electric_blue68 Jul 20 #35

Moon landing and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show cyclonefence Jul 20 #15

Woah... That's something else! Ty electric_blue68 Jul 20 #24

We were living in Scotland BOSSHOG Jul 20 #16

Cool. Ty electric_blue68 Jul 20 #25

I remember it well! Ocelot II Jul 20 #27

Ty electric_blue68 Jul 20 #36

Same here Rebl2 Jul 20 #42

Ty. Cool... electric_blue68 Jul 21 #69

I Did PikaBlue Jul 20 #30

Waaaaay cool! Ty. electric_blue68 Jul 20 #37

It was right after my 19th birthday The Blue Flower Jul 20 #41

Ty. Wow, those are Great Memories! electric_blue68 Jul 21 #70

Me! WestMichRad Jul 20 #43

Well, then, that impressive! Ty. My whole family watched, too. electric_blue68 Jul 20 #44

I was in the Army in W. Germany at a Czech Border Camp at the time. We all crowded doc03 Jul 20 #45

That's cool. Ty electric_blue68 Jul 21 #48

If you remember the sixties, you weren't really there. Brother Buzz Jul 21 #46

Ty. Heh, I didn't do any weed till the early '70s Which some people consider part of The 60s... so electric_blue68 Jul 21 #49

For me, it is an early childhood memory. Intractable Jul 21 #50

Ty. Definitely a pretty early memory. electric_blue68 Jul 21 #71

I was 8 MFM008 Jul 21 #51

Ty. Well, Not Such an Untypical Response from a kid. Glad you changed. electric_blue68 Jul 21 #72

I was 12 and was also bored. I had seen the color images from their previous missions. LeftInTX Jul 21 #92

I watch it with family at my Aunt's house MacKasey Jul 21 #52

Ty. Cool, you can take a look once in a while. electric_blue68 Jul 21 #74

No, we live in different states MacKasey Jul 21 #77

Oh, well....i guess not then. But kind of nice to... electric_blue68 Jul 21 #80

Could you be confusing this with Alan Shepard's flight in 1961? The moon landing was in the month of July. flor-de-jasmim Jul 21 #53

Ty. I made a typo i just saw which might have given you that impression.... electric_blue68 Jul 21 #75

I remember seeing it for a special reason. I was away at summer camp where there was no access to TV Rhiannon12866 Jul 21 #54

Ty. I Love this! How lucky you and your friend were. electric_blue68 Jul 21 #76

I watched it amid a cluster of airline reservations agents in downtown Milwaukee. ariadne0614 Jul 21 #55

Ty. Yay, for your supervisor, some might still have not allowed it. electric_blue68 Jul 21 #79

It surprised me too. ariadne0614 Jul 21 #88

Wow. At least you got that one last, and special time. electric_blue68 Jul 21 #89

I remember watching the moon landing LetMyPeopleVote Jul 21 #56

Ty. electric_blue68 Jul 21 #81

I did. gibraltar72 Jul 21 #57

Ty electric_blue68 Jul 21 #83

It's the first memory I have. I was 2-1/2 years old. Mad_Dem_X Jul 21 #58

Ty. Wow, I have almost no memories before I was four. electric_blue68 Jul 21 #82

I did, in my little apartment, celebrating my sinkingfeeling Jul 21 #61

Ty. Double celebration! electric_blue68 Jul 21 #86

Unfortunately I Missed It EddieOnTheMesa Jul 21 #62

Aw, mannnn! You'd think (imho) they'd let you watch something that would engender patriotism in many people, and you'd.. electric_blue68 Jul 21 #78

i was still in elementary school. i have a large envelope of large format photos of that. AllaN01Bear Jul 21 #63

Somewhere I still have a reel-to-reel tape I recorded off CBS of Armstrong's words Maeve Jul 21 #65

Oh, neat! Ty. electric_blue68 Jul 21 #85

Not me. My mother would have graduated from being a Junior to a Senior in HS in 1969 Niagara Jul 21 #67

Ty. Ha! I'm glad you enjoy watching the clips of it after the fact. electric_blue68 Jul 21 #84

Visiting my grandparents for the summer in Chicago and I remember my cousin and I jumping up and kimbutgar Jul 21 #73

Hahaha, that's Fun! Ty. electric_blue68 Jul 21 #87

I was almost 8 years old, and I remember MyMission Jul 21 #90