Coming Sunday: Lunar-versary

071919.N.BD.Apollo11.jpg — Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin walks on the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969, in a photograph taken by Neil Armstrong.

By Brainerd Dispatch and Renee Richardson

July 19, 2019 at 12:00 AM

When Apollo 11 landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, almost half of the nation’s 57 million TVs were tuned to CBS anchored by Walter Cronkite. Reporter Frank Lee features Brainerd lakes area residents' memories of that historic event.

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