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Yesterday marked the 40-year anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. While I've only seen replays of the famous footage, those who were alive at the time all distinctly remember where they were when President Kennedy's challenge to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade was met.

My Dad is one of those people. Sitting in his parents' tiny rowhome in Reading, PA, he and my Grandmother patiently waited for Neil Armstrong to step out of the lunar module Eagle.

While my Grandmother was too tired to stay up, my Dad remained glued to CBS and was one of the more than half a billion people watching as Neil Armstrong proclaimed, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

In total awe of what he witnessed, my Dad has always tried to share the magic of that moment with my sister and me by doing things like taking us to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida while on vacation.

Do you have memories of the first moon landing? Where were you watching this historical moment? Who were you with?

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