re: Does anyone else here actually remember 12/7/41 ??

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My first hazy memory like that was for the moon landing. I don't remember much about it as I was wasn't quite 3, but I do remember my mom sitting my brother and I in front of an old black and white television and telling us how important this event was.

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My 3rd birthday, 1967, was very shortly after my family moved to Tampa. I remember 3 of the "warm-up" orbital missions, including spacewalks, and the 1st lunar landing clearly. The smoke trails from the prelim launches were clearly visible in the eastern sky. Sat in the floor about 3 feet from our TV and listened to Cronkite as he narrated the 1st moonwalk.

My 5th birthday was NASA themed, had my own little blue and silver spacesuit with plastic helmet and landing capsule with martians and astronauts on my cake (chocolate cake with vanilla frosting and blue lettering/trim, little blue candles too).

Was a proud time in American history!