Unique souvenir folder imprinted with Neil Armstrong's famous quote and the Apollo 11 insignia, 8 x 10.5, signed in black felt tip by the entire crew of the first lunar landing: "Neil Armstrong," "Buzz Aldrin," and "M. Collins." Inside the folder is an affixed swatch of the "tickertape actually showered upon the astronauts from the skyscrapers of Manhattan during their famous New York motorcade," which took place on August 13, 1969. The folder is handsomely matted and framed with a color copy of its contents, an image of the parade, and an embroidered Apollo 11 mission patch to an overall size of 32 x 20. In fine condition, with faint toning and some light staining.
On August 13, 1969, New York City welcomed heroic Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins with an exuberant ticker-tape reception to applaud their successful moon landing. The crew had emerged from quarantine in Houston only three days earlier, and the parade through the United States' greatest metropolis was their first major public act. It was a busy day: after the three-and-a-half hour tour through the streets of NYC, the astronauts were hosted at parades in Chicago and Los Angeles. Their day ended with a state dinner at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, where President Richard Nixon presented them with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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