Saturday, July 20, 2019

Happy Anniversary, Y'all


             Happy 50th Anniversary to us all.
This year and next year, 2019 and 2020, bring celebrations for 50th wedding anniversaries of friends and relations. 
            A celebration we all can share, though, takes place today, July 20, 2019. I recall driving around Arkadelphia that hot July afternoon listening to the radio. An announcer reminded everyone that a live television program would soon be broadcast. America would be able to watch a moon landing by the Apollo 11 mission team and witness history as men walked on the lunar surface.

            We drove to a friend’s house and invited ourselves to what became a watch party. I remember where I was and with whom I watched and listened to history being made. If memory serves, I believe we said, “This is one event we will always remember.”

            All of us saw it together.
            The Eagle landed.
            Small steps and giant leaps burned into our collective memory.

             Happy Anniversary, y’all.

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