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Fantastic history.

On this day in history in 1965, Ed White became the first American to perform a spacewalk during the Gemini IV mission. Read some of our favorite facts about the feat: https://s.si.edu/2EJivnF

I love this:
"You never teach a subject; you always teach a child."
- Dorothy Height

On this day in 1959, NASA introduced us to seven American heroes: the Project Mercury astronauts. The Mercury Seven were Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, Gordon Cooper, Wally Schirra, Deke Slayton, John Glenn, and Scott Carpenter.

The Vanceboro Bridge Bombing: Germany’s Secret War on America - New England Historical Society When a hapless German soldier tried to blow up the Vanceboro Bridge, he hadn't reckoned with two things: Maine winters and nosy small towns.

It's rollout day.

NASA’s mega-Moon rocket stands poised in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building ahead of rolling out to Launch Complex 39B for its final major test – wet dress rehearsal. Here's how you can tune in: go.nasa.gov/3CN2A4q

Found this article very interesting to read.

Robert Rogers Writes 28 Rangers Rules - New England Historical Society The British thought Robert Rogers' 28 rangers rules were unconventional. But the guerilla tactics he outlined worked in 1757 -- and they still work today.

For : Layle Lane (1893-1976), educator and social activist, ran a farm in New Britain Township for inner city youth during the Great Depression. At the corner of Ferry Road and the road named after her, Layle Lane, a historic marker reads as follows:

Layle Lane, educator, social activist, humanitarian, and political leader lived and ran a camp for inner-city Philadelphia and New York youth on this property of 23 acres called La Citadelle Camp named after the fortress in Haiti representing high ideals and principals. During the Depression years (1930’s) she ran a farm camp (co-op) program at La Citadelle to feed poor inner-city families in Philadelphia and New York. Layle played a major role in the first march on Washington in 1941, which led to the passage of the Fair Employment Practice Act and Commission under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In 1948 Layle played a major role in encouraging President Harry Truman to desegregate the American Military. This street, Layle Lane, is the first street named after an African-American woman in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
The marker was dedicated by The Doylestown Historical Society in 2015. The ceremony can be viewed on our YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/F4OHBOj_QWw

It is widely believed that Eleanor Roosevelt, who was a friend of Lane, was so impressed by the New Britain camp that she inspired her husband, President Franklin Roosevelt, to use the model as he developed the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Source: Intelligencer, February 21, 2011

Today in 1968, Apollo 8 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, concluding a hugely successful mission that took astronauts to lunar orbit and back for the first time. Astronauts Frank Borman, Bill Anders, and Jim Lovell were recovered from the command module and flown by helicopter to the USS Yorktown.

More on Apollo 8: https://s.si.edu/3ql4aVe

The first flight of a legend.

On this day in 1964, the SR-71A Blackbird flew for the first time. No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated in more hostile airspace or with such complete impunity than the SR-71 Blackbird. It is the fastest aircraft propelled by air-breathing engines. See one at the Udvar-Hazy Center: https://s.si.edu/3iq1rVF