WAPAKONETA, Ohio - A small Ohio city is shooting for the moon in celebrating its native son’s history-making walk 50 years ago this month. The hometown of Neil Armstrong has expanded its usual weekend “summer moon festival” to 10 days of Apollo 11 commemorations . There will be hot air balloons, ‘60s-themed evenings, concerts, rocket launches and a visit from five other Ohio astronauts. “History will always record that the first person to set foot on the moon was Neil Armstrong from Wapakoneta, Ohio,” said Dante Centuori, executive director of the Armstrong Air and Space Museum. Downtown shops are well-supplied with T-shirts, coffee mugs, moon artwork and moon landing memorabilia to sell in the coming days.

Source: thestar July 06, 2019 15:11 UTC