Roger Chaffee

Roger Chaffee

A MEMORIAL TO GUS GRISSOM

There will be a service to mark the 53rd anniversary of the tragic death of local astronaut and hero, Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom. Join us at Grissom’s Boyhood Home and take a moment to remember the test-launch accident that took the lives of Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee.

The service will begin at 6:00 pm (the approximate time that the accident happened)
Please arrive at least 15 minutes before.
Tours of the home and light refreshments before the service.

Limestone and its uses
Lawrence County Astronauts
Persimmons and Recipes
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