Apollo 11 Heroes Return: NYC Ticker Tape Parade
The Apollo 11 crew burst out of their 21-day quarantine on August 13, 1969, and were immediately plunged into the largest celebration in American history. New York City threw a ticker-tape parade that drew an estimated four million spectators. Chicago held a separate parade the same day. That evening, President Nixon hosted a state dinner in Los Angeles attended by members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, and 44 governors. Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins then embarked on a 38-day world tour visiting 24 countries. The mission had landed on the Moon just 25 days earlier, and the astronauts were still adjusting to gravity while the world treated them as the most famous humans alive.
August 13, 1969
57 years ago
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New York City
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Richard Nixon
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Los Angeles
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Apollo 11
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Apollo 11
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Los Angeles
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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John C. Frémont
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Robert F. Stockton
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California
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Ronald Reagan
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جيمس كربينالو
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