The Eagle has landed. 40 years later, going to the moon still represents a giant leap for mankind.

Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969.

Just as we recall what we were doing when we learned that President Kennedy had been shot, many recall where they were when this historic trip to the moon occurred. I was in boot camp in the United States Army at Fort Bragg, North Carolina between my junior and senior years at Davidson College.

My wife's father Jim Cockrill was in the United States Navy with Neil Armstrong, and the two would golf together from time to time. What two great Americans!