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“A Silly Bauble”: Ferry Farm’s Sputnik Moment

“A Silly Bauble”: Ferry Farm’s Sputnik Moment

by gwffoundation | Oct 4, 2017 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sixty years ago today, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, Earth’s first artificial satellite, into orbit.  It was an event with consequences, both great and small, that spanned the globe, even reaching Ferry Farm, once the boyhood home of...
“A Silly Bauble”: Ferry Farm’s Sputnik Moment

“A Silly Bauble”: Ferry Farm’s Sputnik Moment

by gwffoundation | Oct 4, 2016 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies

Sputniks and mutniks, flying through the air, Sputniks and mutniks, flying everywhere, It’s so ironic. Are they atomic? Those funny missiles have got me scared. -Lyrics from “Sputniks and Mutniks” by Ray Anderson and the Home Folks (1958) “Beep, Beep, Beep…”...

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