July 14-20 History Highlights

Second Look: A paper's history of Northern New York

English - July 14, 2019 18:30 - 16 minutes - 17.5 MB - ★★★★ - 18 ratings
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This special episode of History Highlights, we follow the local coverage of the NASA moon landing 50 years ago in 1969. We talk about local reactions, thoughts from foreign visitors in the U.S. that week, controversy and protests and the new frontier of exploration.

Episode is edited by Christina Knott. Music is by Poddington Bear. Other audio can from the JFK Presidential Library and from NASA.

Listen to the end for some bonus audio!