A Heroes Welcome

In early June of 1965, United States astronauts Edward White and James McDivitt piloted the Gemini 4 spacecraft on a successful 4-day mission. During the flight, White became the first person to walk in space. A few weeks later the 2 astronauts, both University of Michigan graduates returned to Ann Arbor where they were hailed as conquering heroes at a parade through the streets of downtown followed by a program of speeches on the U of M North Campus. This picture of the parade was taken from the corner of Huron Street and Fourth Avenue, looking west on Huron. After the parade we went to North Campus but the crowd there was so enormous that we were unable to even find a place to stand and take in the ceremony, let alone find a seat.