Auction Date:2013 Nov 21 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Handwritten speech, unsigned, six pages, lightly-lined, 7.75 x 10.25, no date. This speech was given at the Baptist General Convention meeting at the Astrodome in Houston in October 1971. Headed at the top by Irwin, “Astrodome,” speech reads, in part: “We found the moon was a fascinating place to spend six days—there in orbit and there on the surface. Our minds were indelibly impressed with the awesome beauty, stark features, and nearly overwhelming variety of landforms. Our camp site at Hadley Base was like a beautiful valley on the high mountains of the earth. The hours that I spent on the moon were the most thrilling moments of my life. Not because I was on the moon but because I could feel the presence of God…Before the flight we had the opportunity to brief the cadets at the Air Force Academy. They have a beautiful campus. One of their monuments has the following inscription—‘Man's flight thru life is sustained by the power of his knowledge.’ We adopted this quote for our flight medallions which we carried to the moon." In fine condition. Irwin mentions in his autobiography giving this speech before a crowd of 50,000 people at the Houston Astrodome, considering it his first real testimony. Provenance: Steven R. Belasco Collection.
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