James Irwin and James Dillet Freeman Photograph, 1971

From collection RG 3000: Manuscripts

James Irwin and James Dillet Freeman Photograph, 1971

Astronaut James Irwin (left) talks with James Dillet Freeman during a visit to Unity Village in 1971.

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1971
James Irwin left a copy of James Dillet Freeman's poem "I Am There" on the moon during the Apollo 15 mission. Freeman had another poem, "Prayer for Protection," placed on the moon during the first moon landing in 1969.