{"id":112881,"date":"2019-02-04T07:13:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T12:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=112881"},"modified":"2019-02-04T07:13:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T12:13:37","slug":"state-reps-announce-armstrong-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/02\/04\/state-reps-announce-armstrong-exhibit\/","title":{"rendered":"State reps announce Armstrong exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; State Representatives Craig S. Riedel (R-Defiance) and Susan Manchester (R-Waynesfield) announced the opening of a new Statehouse exhibit, which honors Neil Armstrong and the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. The exhibit, located in the Statehouse Map Room, opened Thursday, January 11, and will continue through late July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Neil-Armstrong-headshot-2-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112882\"\/><figcaption><strong>An exhibit honoring the 50th anniversary of Ohioan Neil Armstrong&#8217;s walk on the Moon is now open.<\/strong> <em>NASA photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis exhibit adds to the momentum and excitement for the upcoming 50th\u00a0anniversary of Neil Armstrong\u2019s historic accomplishment,\u201d Rep. Riedel said. \u201cI hope that the citizens of Ohio are able to come visit this special tribute.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am so proud to see one of Auglaize County\u2019s own highlighted at the Statehouse. Neil Armstrong\u2019s life and legacy will inspire the world for generations,\u201d Rep. Manchester said. \u201cWhat a tremendous honor to celebrate his contribution to mankind and recognize his local roots on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. I encourage everyone to check out this unique exhibit!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state representatives commended the partnership among the Armstrong Air and Space Museum, the Ohio History Connection, the Auglaize County Historical Society, and the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board. Their efforts produced an exceptional display, which explores Armstrong\u2019s life, as well as the intricacy and determination of the Apollo missions. Most notably, the exhibit features the heat shields from the Apollo 7 and Apollo 8 space crafts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212; State Representatives Craig S. Riedel (R-Defiance) and Susan Manchester (R-Waynesfield) announced the opening of a new Statehouse exhibit, which honors Neil Armstrong and the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. The exhibit, located in the Statehouse Map Room, opened Thursday, January 11, and will continue through late July. \u201cThis exhibit adds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 23:37:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}