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Neil A. Armstrong Homecomings Collection AV 203
Description: Private reception during homecoming celebration of moon landing in 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Neil Armstrong upon his return to Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. Bob Hope served as marshal for the event, and guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, Governor James Rhodes, Mayor Donald Wittwer, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F6_017
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)