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51st Anniversary of the Neil Armstrong Homecoming Parade FB LIVE event
September 6, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Auglaize County Historical Society, a proud partner of the First on the Moon committee, is pleased to announce a special surprise in honor of Sunday’s 51st Anniversary of the Neil Armstrong Homecoming Parade, the premiere of recently re-discovered footage of this event. The Historical
Society will post the link to this now digitized footage on its Facebook page (Facebook.com/AuglaizeCountyHistory) as well as the First on the Moon
Facebook page, as of 7 pm Sunday, September 6. All are invited to spend a few minutes enjoying several highlights of the parade.
The Historical Society was recently given two small rolls of 8 mm film, which a Dayton donor had purchased years ago on Ebay. The donor had not been able to view the footage, but understood it to be of the 1969 parade.
Historical Society administrator Rachel Barber contacted Doug Spencer about digitizing the footage. Spencer worked tirelessly to ensure that the film was available in time for broadcast on the 51st parade anniversary, for which the Historical Society extends its sincere gratitude. States Barber, “The
Historical Society and First on the Moon are happy to able to present this fun, historic look at 51 years ago in the life of Wapakoneta, our county, and
the nation.”