Tribute To The Seven Original Astronauts - Cocoa Beach, FL - Space Flight Memorials and Exhibits on Waymarking.com

The City of Cocoa Beach is adjacent to Cape Canaveral and was the home to many astronauts. On the occasion of the Nation's bicentennial Brevard County erected this monument which celebrates their involvement with the space program. The monument was dedicated on July 20, 1776 the seventh anniversary of the first moon landing by NASA astronauts. The street side of the monument has the Seal of the United States and the inscription:

WITH INNER FAITH 1776 - 1976 TO OUTER SPACE.

On the park side of the bicentennial logo is an engraving of a moon landing which includes: a (49 star) flag, the lunar lander, an astronaut, and a lunar roving vehicle which was used last three missions (# 15, #16 and #17) of the Apollo program. Below is the following inscription:

7 ORIGINAL
ASTRONAUTS

M. SCOTT CARPENTER
L. GORDON COOPER, JR.
JOHN GLENN
VIRGIL I. GRISSOM
WALTER M. SCHIRRA, JR.
ALAN B. SHEPARD, JR.
DONALD K. SLAYTON

The street side of the monument contains the following dedication:

DEDICATED
JULY 20, 1976

TO THOSE MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
OF BREVARD COUNTY WHO THROUGH
THE PRACTICE OF THE AMERICAN WAY
OF LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF
HAPPINESS, GAVE SACRIFICIALLY OF
THEIR TIME AND MONEY IN THE COM-
MEMORATION OF THE BICENTENNIAL
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED
UPON PARCHMENT AND PLACED BR-
NEATH THIS MONUMENT.

The south side of the monument has the bicentennial logo and a list of Port Authority members.

PORT
AUTHORITY
JAMES H. CLENDINEN
RODERICK S. McIVER
MALCOM E. McLOUTH
W.S. AUSTIN
CLYDE COWLIN
GEO. J. KING, MGR.

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