40th anniversary of Moon landing celebrated in Washington
John Herschel Glenn Jr., the first American to orbit the earth, attends an event marking the 40th anniversary of their Apollo 11 flight which put the first man on the moon on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 21, 2009. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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