State Fair Butter Sculpture Honors Apollo 11

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia

Published July 24, 2019 at 5:21 AM EDT

This year's Ohio State Fair butter sculpture display honors the 50th anniversary of the moon landing with a full-size likeness of astronaut and Ohio native Neil Armstrong.

He is featured with the lunar capsule and fellow astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. The fair opens today.

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