When the men who walked on the moon walked through Chicago

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<p>In August of 1969, Chicago welcomed Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. and Michael Collins to the city only a few weeks after their stop on the moon. Confetti cascaded down from skyscrapers in a ticker-tape parade and millions lined the streets of Chicago’s financial district to get a glimpse of the three Apollo 11 astronauts.</p><p>One small step for man was one giant celebration in Chicago.</p><p>See more of what that day looked like 57 years ago:</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-ae0000" name="image-ae0000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6ed4c85/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3024x1697+0+154/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fe5%2Ffd%2Fac97873a4dd9b4b258a50fd38d8d%2F001-st16002958-0003.jpg 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alt="Model of Apollo 11 at Adler Planetarium" srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a0c09bb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3024x1697+0+154/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fe5%2Ffd%2Fac97873a4dd9b4b258a50fd38d8d%2F001-st16002958-0003.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0acda3d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3024x1697+0+154/resize/980x550!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fe5%2Ffd%2Fac97873a4dd9b4b258a50fd38d8d%2F001-st16002958-0003.jpg 2x" width="490" height="275" data-src="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a0c09bb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3024x1697+0+154/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fe5%2Ffd%2Fac97873a4dd9b4b258a50fd38d8d%2F001-st16002958-0003.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" > </picture> <div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>Model of the Apollo 11 spacecraft, showing its trajectory and flight path from Earth to the Moon, at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago on July 16, 1969.</p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Chicago Sun-Times archive</p></div></div> </figure> </div> </div><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-f40000" name="image-f40000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" 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class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Chicago Sun-Times archive</p></div></div> </figure> </div> </div><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-9d0000" name="image-9d0000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b086318/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3024x1697+0+154/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fc0%2Fb2%2F1cf5fc064ed59d3dccefb0e3532a%2F003-st12006332-0023.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b11b812/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3024x1697+0+154/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fc0%2Fb2%2F1cf5fc064ed59d3dccefb0e3532a%2F003-st12006332-0023.jpg 2x" data-lazy-load="true" 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