♪♪ >> TODAY I KNOW THAT I SEEM TO BE STANDING ALONE ON THIS GREAT PLATFORM, JUST AS I SEEM TO BE ALONE IN THE COCKPIT OF THE FRIENDSHIP 7 SPACECRAFT.

BUT I AM NOT.

THEY WERE WITH ME THEN AND WITH ME NOW, THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS AND MANY HUNDREDS OF CITIZENS OF MANY COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS TRULY INTERNATIONAL UNDERTAKING VOLUNTARILY AND IN THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING.

AS OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THIS UNIVERSE IN WHICH WE LIVE INCREASES, MAY GOD GRANT US THE WISDOM AND GUIDANCE TO USE IT WISELY.

♪♪ >> TRAVELING TO ANY MUSEUM, THERE ARE COUNTLESS ITEMS ON DISPLAY, BUT A LOT OF TIMES THEY HAVE THINGS IN THEIR STORAGE OR THEIR VAULT THAT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T USUALLY GET TO SEE.

TODAY WE'RE IN CONCORD, OHIO WHERE THEY HAVE ITEMS IN THEIR VAULT THEY WILL BRING OUT FOR US TO LOOK AT AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THEY HAVE.

♪♪ >> WELL, HI.

>> HI.

WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING ME TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE ITEMS YOU HAVE HERE.

>> BEFORE WE TAKE THE TOUR, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS HOUSE?

>> YEAH.

SO ORIGINALLY THE HOUSE WASN'T IN THIS POSITION.

THEY HAVE MOVED IT TWICE, WHEN JOHN WAS TWO YEARS OLD, HIS DAD BUILT IT ABOUT A MILE FROM HERE.

IN THE '40s, THEY MOVED IT TO SIT ON 83.

IT SAT THERE FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS UNTIL WE GOT IT IN 2001 TO MAKE IT A MUSEUM.

>> SO IN THE TIME LINE OF JOHN GLENN, WHEN DID HE LIVE IN THIS HOUSE?

>> HE LIVED FROM 2 TO 20 YEARS OLD HERE.

HE ENTERED THE MILITARY AFTER PEARL HARBOR.

WHEN HE CAME HOME, HE WOULD BE HERE, BUT THEY OFTEN WOULD MOVE AROUND TO DIFFERENT PLACES WHEN HE WOULD BE STATIONED SOMEWHERE WITH HIS WIFE AND KIDS.

>> WELL, CAN WE GO START THE TOUR?

>> YES, OF COURSE.

♪♪ >> SO WELCOME TO THE MASTER BEDROOM.

SO THIS IS WHERE MR. AND MRS. GLENN WOULD STAY.

MRS. GLENN'S WALKER.

SHE WAS A GREAT SEAMSTRESS.

THE REASON IT HAS THE NITTING ON THERE, SHE'S ACTUALLY KNITTING BANDAGES FOR THE FLETCHER HOSPITAL.

>> WHY SO SHORT?

>> SO THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY HELPFUL.

WHEN HE WAS HEMMING SKIRTS SHE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BEND OVER AS FAR TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THEM.

IT PUT THEM DOWN A LITTLE LOWER.

IT WAS REALLY CONVENIENT FOR WHAT SHE WAS USING IT FOR.

THIS IS HER SEWING BIRD.

IT LOOKS A LITTLE FUNKY.

BUT THIS PART UP HERE YOU PUT YOUR PINS AND THINGS AND IT WOULD TIGHTEN ON TO THE EDGE OF A DRESSER OR SOMETHING.

THAT WAY YOU ARE NOT LOSING THOSE THINGS.

>> WHAT A GREAT ITEM.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN HERE, HAVE?

>> YEAH.

THIS IS ALL ORIGINAL TO HER, BUT THIS IS ALL THAT'S ORIGINAL IN THIS ROOM.

>> THIS IS GREAT.

DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER PLACE TO SHOW ME?

>> YES, OF COURSE.

♪♪ >> SO NOW WE'RE IN JOHN GLENN'S BOYHOOD BEDROOM.

THERE ARE QUITE A FEW INTERESTING THINGS IN THIS ROOM.

THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE TYPEWRITER THERE.

SO THIS WOULDN'T HAVE REALLY SAT IN HIS BEDROOM.

IT WAS MORE USEFUL DOWN AT MR. GLENN'S COMPANY.

THEY USED IT TO TYPE RECEIPTS AND THINGS.

GENRE CALLED THAT THE 1 DIDN'T WORK SO HE HAD TO USE LOWER CASE Ls WHEN THEY WERE CASHING OUT.

WE HAVE HIS BOYHOOD TRICYCLE HERE.

LAST TIME IT WENT THROUGH A PARADE IT WAS PUT ON A WAGON AND PULLED DOWN MAIN STREET IN 2002 FOR THE MEMORIAL PARADE, WHICH WAS ALSO OUR OPENING DAY.

SO WE GOT TO BRING HISTORY OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT DAY FOR THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE THIS RADIO HERE.

AND THAT ISN'T ACTUALLY JOHN.

THOUGH, HE DID OWN IT FOR A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S ANNIE.

WHEN SHE WAS A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE, SHE GOT THE MUMPS, AND SHE WAS QUARANTINED TO HER BEDROOM.

JOHN MADE SURE HE SAVED UP ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY THAT FOR HER AND SHE SNUCK IT THROUGH THE WINDOW FOR HER.

>> IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS ROOM THAT WAS JOHN'S?

>> YES.

THERE IS THIS TRAIN SET OVER HERE.

THE WAY THEY DID CHRISTMAS IS DIFFERENT THAN WE DO IT TODAY.

BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY, WHAT THEY DID IS THEY BOUGHT HIM THE TRACK.

THE NEXT CHRISTMAS, HE WOULD GET THE NEXT CAR, MAYBE MORE TRACK, THE NEXT CHRISTMAS AND SO ON.

THEY DID THAT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

>> DEFINITELY NOT HOW WE DO CHRISTMAS TODAY, RIGHT?

>> NO.

>> THIS IS A GREAT ROOM.

I'M SURE YOU HAVE MORE TO SHOW ME.

>> YES, I DO.

♪♪ >> SO THIS IS OUR ANNIE GALLERY.

IT IS THE NEWEST GALLERY IN THE MUSEUM.

THIS WAS OUR COVID PROJECT.

BUT WE DO HAVE HER WEDDING DRESS HERE AND HIS MARINE BLUES THAT HE WORE.

IT IS A PRETTY SIMPLE DRESS.

WAS THAT KIND OF THE TIME?

>> YEAH, YES.

SHE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE SHE WAS IN A POSITION DURING WORLD WAR II TO BE EXTRAVAGANT.

THEY HAD A CEREMONY IN HER CHURCH AND THE RECEPTION WAS IN HER PARENTS' GARDEN.

>> DID ANNIE EVER LIVE IN THIS HOUSE?

>> NO, SHE DIDN'T.

BUT WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO TELL THE STORY OF ANNIE GLENN, SO WE ADDED THIS IN FOR HER.

>> SHE WAS AN IMPORTANT FIGURE IN HIS LIFE.

DO YOU HAVE ITEMS TO SHOW US THEN?

>> YES, I DO.

ONE OF THEM IS THIS LOVELY DISH.

ANNIE ACTUALLY MADE IT.

BUT THE CHANGE IN IT IS JOHN'S ACTUAL POCKET CHANGE.

THIS IS WHERE HE WOULD COME IN AND SET HIS CHANGE EVERY DAY WHEN HE CAME HOME.

WE ALSO HAVE THESE NOTES HERE.

SO ANNIE, SHE HAD A SEVERE STUTTER.

HER FATHER DID, TOO.

WHEN SHE GETS OLD ENOUGH AND FEELS SECURE ENOUGH, SHE GOES TO THE COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION AND RESEARCH AND THEY ENTER HER INTO A SPEECH THERAPY PROGRAM WHERE THEY TREAT IT MORE LIKE A PHYSICAL ISSUE THAN A MENTAL ONE.

SO WE HAVE SOME OF THE NOTES THAT SHE TOOK DURING THIS.

AND THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT WORDS THAT SHE TENDS TO STUTTER OVER, WORDS SHE MIGHT HAVE TO FIND A SYNONYM TO USE.

ONE OF THE WORDS SHE DID ONCE SHE GOT THROUGH THAT ENTIRE PROGRAM WAS SHE CALLED JOHN AND HE WAS SOBBING ON THE OTHER END WITH JOY BECAUSE HE KNEW HOW HARD IT HAD BEEN THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE FOR THEM.

>> SO IT HELPED SOLVE THE PROBLEMS TO GO DO THAT?

>> YES, IT DID.

AS SOON AS SHE GETS HER VOICE, SHE STARTS USING IT.

SHE GOES TO JOHN'S ENGAGEMENTS FOR HIM.

THEY ACTUALLY NAME AN AWARD AFTER HER FOR THOSE THAT HAD COMMUNICATION ISSUES, BUT THEY STILL CONTINUE TO BE IN THE PUBLIC.

>> THAT'S A GREAT STORY.

AND I SEE THESE BEAUTIFUL DISHES OVER HERE.

>> YES.

SO THESE THEY GOT WHEN JOHN WAS NOT EVEN AN ASTRONAUT YET.

HE WAS IN THE AIR FORCE AND HE WAS TEST PILOTRY.

HE WAS ON A SHOW CALLED "NAME THAT TUNE."

EDDY WAS HIS PARTNER THERE.

THEY WON $25,000.

IN TODAY'S MONEY IS $134,000 THAT HE TOOK HOME.

YEAH.

SO WHAT HE DOES IS BUYS ANNIE AN ORGAN FOR THEIR HOME AND THEIR FIRST SET OF GOOD DISHES.

SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE ARE.

>> I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A GOOD SNAPSHOT OF THEIR LIFE TOGETHER.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FROM HIS SPACE CAREER?

>> I ABSOLUTELY DO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GO SEE IT.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> SO THIS IS MANY OF OUR ROOMS THAT FEATURE JOHN'S SPACE CAREER AND WHAT HE DID.

THIS HERE IS NOT, UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETHING HE TOOK INTO SPACE, BUT IT IS WHAT HE CHANGED TO WHEN HE CAME BACK.

HE ENDS UP SPLASHING DOWN INTO THE ATLANTIC AS A CUSHION TO GET HIM BACK TO EARTH.

WHEN HE GETS HELICOPTERS OUT, HE CHANGES INTO THIS.

HE DID GET TO CHOOSE HIS FOOT WARE.

THEY LOOK A LOT LIKE CONVERSE, BUT THEY'RE A DIFFERENT BRAND.

THERE IS A FAMOUS PHOTO OF HIM WITH HIS FEET KICKED UP.

YOU CAN TELL THE LOGO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OFF.

>> THAT MUST HAVE BEEN THE STYLE OF THE TIME THEN?

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.

>> SO WHAT'S BEHIND YOU RIGHT NOW?

>> THIS IS A THIRD SIZE REPLICA OF HIS SHUTTLE.

IT IS A GOOD WAY TO SORT OF UNDERSTAND HOW BIG AND HOW SMALL JOHN IS IN COMPARISON TO THE SHIP HE WAS IN.

>> HOW BIG WAS HE?

>> SO HE WAS 5'11".

YOU HAD TO BE TALLER THAN 5'7", BUT SHORTER THAN 6 FEET SO FIT IN THE CAPSULE.

SO HE JUST BARELY SQUEAKED BY.

>> IT IS AMAZING THAT HE FIT IN THAT.

THIS IS SORT OF A REPRESENTATION OF THE ITEMS THAT THE PUBLIC DOES GET TO SEE.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN YOUR VAULT THAT YOU COULD SHOW US?

>> YEAH, LET'S GO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> SO THIS IS ANOTHER GALLERY THAT DEALS WITH JOHN AND HIS SPACE CAREER.

AND THE THING I WANTED TO LOOK AT FIRST IN HERE ARE THESE LITTLE WIRES IN THIS CASE.

THEY'RE REALLY UNASSUMING, BUT THEY WERE REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN IT CAME TO MONITORING HIS VITALS DURING ALL OF THE TRAINING AND DURING HIS ORBITS.

BUT TO HAVE THAT DATA BE ACCURATE, THEY HAD TO PLACE THEM IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE EVERY SINGLE TIME.

WHAT THEY DID IS THEY TATTOOED LITTLE DOTS ON TO JOHN WHEN THEY FIRST WENT.

WHEN THEY FIRST OPENED, JOHN CAME TO A VOLUNTEER LUNCH IN AND SOMEONE ASKED HIM IF HE STILL HAD THOSE TATOOS.

AND HE DID.

THOSE LASTED.

>> THAT'S A REALLY INTERESTING STORY.

NOW, I SEE A GLOBE HERE.

CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

>> YES.

THIS IS WHAT WE PULLED OUT OF OUR VAULT FOR YOU.

WHAT IT IS IS IT IS A GLOBE MARKED WITH THREE ORBITS.

HIS FAMILY HERE IN NEW CONCORD WOULD KNOW WHERE HE WAS AND BE ABLE TO VISUALIZE WHERE HE WAS WHEN HE WAS ORBITTING.

THE ANY FACTY THING IS HIS TAKE-OFF AND TOUCH POINT THINGS ARE ACCURATE.

SO THEY KNEW WHERE HE WAS GOING TO LAND, AND THEY MARKED THAT PRETTY WELL.

>> HOW DID YOU GET A HOLD OF THIS?

>> SO THIS WAS DONATED BY THE GLENN FAMILY, ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL PIECES WE HAVE FROM THEM.

SOME CAME FROM OHIO HISTORY CONNECTIONS, JUST FROM ALL AROUND.

>> SO YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW THE COMMUNITY HAS ALSO DONATED THESE THINGS.

DO YOU HAVE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE STILL LOOKING FOR IN YOUR COLLECTION?

>> YEAH.

WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANYTHING THAT ANYTHING IS WILLING TO DONATE TO US.

WE HAVE TONS OF NEWSPAPERS AND SIGNATURES.

BUT IF YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL ITEM FROM JOHN OR HIS LIFE, THAT'S HELPFUL.

WE'RE HAPPY TO ADD SOME THINGS >> WHAT ARE SOME OTHER EVENTS THAT YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY?

>> SO WE HOST SPACE DAYS HERE, WHERE WE HAVE A BUNCH OF LITTLE KIDS COME THROUGH AND THEY DO SPACE ACTIVITIES.

THEY GET A TOUR OF THE HOUSE.

IT IS THEMED EVERY DAY AND IT IS A DAY-LONG CAMP FOR THEM.

WE DO WALK-THROUGH TOURS DURING MOST COMMUNITY EVENTS, SO THE CHRISTMAS PARADE OR THE FIREMAN'S FESTIVAL HERE IN TOWN.

>> WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT, DO YOU THINK, TO HOLD THE LEGACY OF JOHN GLENN HERE?

>> HE HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON A LOT OF AMERICANS LIVES AND ON THE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ITSELF, BEING BUILT UP DURING THE SPACE RACE.

EVERY TIME I HEAR A VOLUNTEER COME THROUGH, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO HERE IS CONTINUE THAT LEGACY OF HIS KINDNESS.

>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING US AROUND THE MUSEUM.

I HOPE PEOPLE COME FOR THEMSELVES TO SEE ALL THE GREAT ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE.

>> YEAH.

AND THANK YOU FOR COMING.

I HOPE YOU GET A CHANCE TO COME BACK THROUGH.

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