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- Life Magazine, "A Major Report of the Moon Venture," August 29, 1969 - In July 1969, the ambitious plan to land a person on the Moon--laid out by President John F. Kennedy less than a decade earlier--neared reality. Americans eagerly anticipated the Apollo 11 mission, during which astronauts would walk on the Moon. <em>Life</em> magazine produced several issues before and after the event to keep the public informed on this historic undertaking.
- August 29, 1969
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Life Magazine, "A Major Report of the Moon Venture," August 29, 1969
In July 1969, the ambitious plan to land a person on the Moon--laid out by President John F. Kennedy less than a decade earlier--neared reality. Americans eagerly anticipated the Apollo 11 mission, during which astronauts would walk on the Moon. Life magazine produced several issues before and after the event to keep the public informed on this historic undertaking.
- Woodstock Music Festival Flag, 1969 - On August 15-18, 1969, over 400,000 people attended the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York. Vendors, musicians, and technical crew used this flag, which features the event logo, to access the festival grounds and backstage area and to distinguish themselves from other attendees. Woodstock is often remembered as a high point of the 1960s countercultural movement.
- 1969
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Woodstock Music Festival Flag, 1969
On August 15-18, 1969, over 400,000 people attended the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York. Vendors, musicians, and technical crew used this flag, which features the event logo, to access the festival grounds and backstage area and to distinguish themselves from other attendees. Woodstock is often remembered as a high point of the 1960s countercultural movement.
- RFD Magazine, Issue #21, Fall 1979 - Stewart Scofield, Carl Wittman, and Allen Troxler launched the journal "RFD: A Country Journal for Gay Men Everywhere" in 1974. The journal documents the experiences of gay men in rural American communities, rejecting the mindset that gay men can only have fulfilling lives in urban areas with large LGBTQ+ communities. First published in Grinnell, Iowa, the journal is still published today.
- 1979
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RFD Magazine, Issue #21, Fall 1979
Stewart Scofield, Carl Wittman, and Allen Troxler launched the journal "RFD: A Country Journal for Gay Men Everywhere" in 1974. The journal documents the experiences of gay men in rural American communities, rejecting the mindset that gay men can only have fulfilling lives in urban areas with large LGBTQ+ communities. First published in Grinnell, Iowa, the journal is still published today.