43 years ago today: Where were you when Apollo 11 lifted off for the moon? | al.com

My Apollo XI patch right above my monitor. I look at it every day.

  43 years ago today: Where were you when Apollo 11 lifted off for the moon?

I was four years old when Apollo XI lifted off on it's historical journey. Even as a little kid I watched every bit of news coverage I could find. I couldn't get enough. I had been stricken by a bad case of Moon Fever. It was so bad that I wouldn't let my daddy gas up the car anyplace but the local Gulf station because they were giving out fold-up paper models of the lunar module with every fill up. Remember those?

Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, we can relive the joy of inserting tab A into slot B. Here is a high resolution copy of that wonderful childhood memory that you can print onto card stock and make yourself.

Gulf Oil Lunar Module Model

Here are some other superb Apollo papercraft models to build-- a perfect way to spend some quality time with the kids on a rainy afternoon.
  
Apollo Papercraft Models To Print