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.
