FOOTSTEPS ON THE MOON
Excerpt from Survivors – A Love Story.
In May 1961 John Kennedy delivered his famous Moon Speech at Rice University in Houston.
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard …
In that speech President Kennedy announced that America would land astronauts on the moon by the end of the 1960’s. He kept that promise as the first humans landed there on July 20, 1969, prompting Buzz Aldrin to say:
“I know the sky is not the limit, because there are footprints on the Moon- and I made some of them!
Susan was a student of the Kennedys. She read extensively about them and watched every TV show about them she could find. She never overcame the death of John Kennedy and the end of Camelot. She was similarly affected by the tragic loss of John Jr.
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Footsteps On The Moon
Lyrics by Hal Pollock
Don’t tell me I can’t do it
Don’t tell me not to try
I know I can do it
I know I can fly
I’ll break that big glass ceiling
I’ll break it very soon
The sky can’t be the limit
There are footsteps on the moon
Footsteps on the moon
Yes, there are footsteps on the moon
I will plant my flag beside
the footsteps on the moon
The race is never over
Until the race is run
I’ll find my four leaf clover
My day out in the sun
My destiny is calling
My time is finally here
I hear the crowd is roaring
Stand up for me and cheer
Can you hear the footsteps?
The footsteps on the moon
I can hear the footsteps
The footsteps on the moon
Footsteps on the moon
Yes, there are footsteps on the moon
I will plant my flag beside
the footsteps on the moon
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