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posted 01-30-2015 11:02 AM               

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During a Goodwill Tour stop in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (detailed a bit here) the Apollo 11 crew were seemingly gifted a ~3"x6" silver plaque:

The engraving reads:

"Homenagem dos Escoteiros da Guanabara
aos conquistadores da Lua"

It translates loosely (I think?) as:

"Homage from the Guanabara Boy Scouts
to the conquerers of the Moon"

The October, 2 1969 date aligns with the crew's stop in Rio and Guanabara is a region of that city.

Does anyone have a record of the crew's interactions with the Boy Scouts during the tour's Rio stop or otherwise know more about the event behind the plaque?

Thanks. I just couldn't turn up much.

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posted 01-30-2015 04:14 PM               

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Thank you J.L.! cS never fails to amaze with help and knowledge, and much appreciated.

I suspect the plaque was given to the crew but retained by Public Affairs since the presentation couldn't be split among the three. They probably accumulated a lot of such things as they circled the globe.