Nation Hails Cooper. New York and Washington stage receptions for Major l. Gordon Cooper that put the astronaut in orbit again.
Nation Hails Cooper. New York and Washington stage receptions for Major l. Gordon Cooper that put the astronaut in orbit again.
New York and Washington stage receptions for Major l. Gordon Cooper that put the astronaut in orbit again. With his mother for the first time since the flight, before parading down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol. He addresses a Joint Session of Congress and receives a two-minute standing ovation. Lower Broadway is renamed Mercury way for his reception in New York. It might well be called Cooper Canyon. It is estimated that 4,500,000 line the streets to see the man who orbited the earth 22 times to become a national hero. Sunrest barometer of the popularity of his reception is the department of sanitation....They swept up an estimated 3,900 tons of Tickertape and paper, a near-record amount! After a reception at City Hall, Major Cooper receives the city's medal of honor. Well done, Major Gordon Cooper.
Nation Hails Cooper. New York and Washington stage receptions for Major l. Gordon Cooper that put the astronaut in orbit again.
President Kennedy walking out-side the White House with Mrs. Hyde Cooper, mother of the famed Major Cooper to greet her son Major Cooper. MCIUS - Major Cooper and his family and Vice President Johnson in a convertible. MCUS - Major Cooper shaking hands with President Kennedy and hugging his mother. MS - White House Rose Garden throngs of people. President addressing Major Cooper, "Major we're glad to welcome you and your mother here and your wife and your two children. I can tell you that you have given the United States a great day and a great lift." MS - President Kennedy is pinning a medal on the lapel of Major Cooper's suit jacket lapel. The crowd is applauding Major Cooper. Major Cooper, "I really don't have much to say and after that I want to say that it's a great honor to be invited here. and to be presented this award. Thank you all, very much." Once again the crowd applauding.
Nation Hails Cooper. New York and Washington stage receptions for Major l. Gordon Cooper that put the astronaut in orbit again.
MS - Once again Major Cooper is in an open convertible accompanied by Vice President Lyndon Johnson, and the streets are lined with people s - The motorcade makes it way down Pennsylvania Blvd. with people cheering and waving. It is said that five other astronauts following behind seated in the other cars MS - Cooper arriving at a joint session of congress.
Nation Hails Cooper. New York and Washington stage receptions for Major l. Gordon Cooper that put the astronaut in orbit again.
MOHS - Major Cooper addressing congress with a short speech and then he repeats a short prayer he said in space, finishing up with a soft tribute to all who made his flight possible.
Nation Hails Cooper. New York and Washington stage receptions for Major l. Gordon Cooper that put the astronaut in orbit again.
MS - New York's Broadway giving the Major a ticker tape parade the crowd is cheering and applauding the a Major. MCUS - Mayor Wagner, Vice President Johnson and Major Cooper on the steps of New York's City Hall. MCUS - Mayor Wagner puts a medal of appreciation awarded by the people of New York.