Bob Nolan wrote: I was in college at the time and spent the weekend in Belmar. Armstrong stepped on the moon on a Saturday night and a large group of us watched it while crowded around an old black and white TV. As impressive as Apollo 11 was, I also recall Apollo 8 orbiting the moon at Christmas time in 1968. President Kennedy committed the nation to landing a man on the moon by the end of the decade (1960s) and we as a nation accomplished it. Just goes to show what you can do when you set a goal and work towards it. Brian Walsh wrote: I was 10 years old and living in East Newark, N.J. We were visiting my grandparents in Toms River that summer. I remember my Dad waking me up and telling me that I did not want to miss what was happening. He was right. Chuck Berk recalled: I was in my hotel room in Toledo, Ohio when I took this photograph off the room’s TV. Pres. Nixon was talking with the lunar astronauts. At the time, one very BIG step!