Warren in Trumbull County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Site of Neil Armstrong's First Flight
Thirty-three years later, on July 20, 1969, history was made when Astronaut Neil Armstron made his "first flight" in the Apollo 11 module and became the first man to walk on the moon.
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Location. 41° 15.066′ N, 80° 51.291′ W. Marker is in Warren, Ohio, in Trumbull County. Marker is on Parkman Road (Ohio Route 422). Touch for map. This marker is located at the roadside memorial commemorating Neil Armstrong's first flight. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2487 Parkman Road, Warren OH 44485, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Trumbull Red Cross Chapter House / Pioneer Cemetery (approx. 1.7 miles away); Harriet Taylor Upton (approx. 1.8 miles away); Phebe Temperance Sutliff (approx. 1.8 miles away); John Stark Edwards House (approx. 1.9 miles away); Perkins House (approx. 1.9 miles away); First Presbyterian Church (approx. 2 miles away); Leicester King / The Underground Railroad on the Warren-Ashtabula Turnpike (approx. 2 miles away); Commemorative Ingot (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Warren.
More about this marker. Also at this site are replicas of all of the aircraft in which Armstrong flew, including replicas of Apollo 11's Saturn V rocket and a half-scale Lunar Module.
Categories. • Air & Space •
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on April 25, 2014, by Larry Wilson of Wareham, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 313 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 25, 2014, by Larry Wilson of Wareham, Massachusetts. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.