John Glenn Post Office Dedication, 6/16/08 (Part 2 of 2)

John Glenn speaks at the naming-in-his-honor ceremony for the Cambridge, Ohio, post office where he first signed up for military service, starting his aeronautical career, just a few days after Pearl Harbor.

Annie Glenn also appears briefly in this video, as John credits her for keeping him humble and grounded. John and Annie recently had their 65th wedding anniversary. Their remarkably strong and special relationship was quite memorably portrayed in the movie "The Right Stuff." There is a very moving YouTube video about Annie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHCjVctuQ7g

The last time I saw John and Annie Glenn, I was a six-year-old boy watching them ride by in his homecoming parade in nearby New Concord, two weeks after his famous first ride into space. In making this video, I was glad to take my eight-year-old son to see and meet John and Annie. It was one of those poignant life-coming-full-circle days. :-)

The story, incidentally, of how my family had known his, long ago, is here: http://www.savecornwellsheights.com/10-28-2006.htm

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