Sidewalk Photographer Alex Richman and the intrepid Mrs. Richman covered a lot of ground (more than six miles on foot) in Washington D.C. during the last weekend of July. One of the photographs he took (shown below) was of the Lunar Module #2-Apollo, which was never used on a lunar mission. Now on display at [...]
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Posted in Flags in the News on Sep 24th, 2007
As readers know, I love the American flag and enjoy reading about others that have that same joy. Today’s news brings several stories that will delight flag lovers, and a follow-up on the Space auction. Rudy Mummey is a man after my own heart. with over 500 flags, he flies a different one every day, [...]
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Posted in Flags in the News on Sep 21st, 2007
Lots of news about flags today. We start with some space trivia, head to a Japanese flag story, honor POW/MIA Recognition Day, more space trivia, view a captured flag, and finally, a letter from a soldier in Iraq. Busy, busy, busy. This should take you through the entire weekend on flag news. Ten bits of [...]
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Posted in History on Jul 20th, 2007
Thirty-eight years ago today, two Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the lunar surface. Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong stepped on another body revolving around our sun. Armstrong stepped down first, and uttered these famous words, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Aldrin and Armstrong spent two and one-half hours on [...]
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