Neil Armstrong’s brother (a long-time resident of Marion and Peabody!) to lead Old Settlers Day parade

Longtime Marion resident Dean Armstrong, brother of astronaut Neil Armstrong, his wife, Kate, children, and grandchildren will lead the Old Settlers Day parade in a float designed as a space shuttle. Their grandchildren and great-grandchildren will ride on a trailer behind the float dressed as astronauts.

Armstrong has lived at the county lake since 2006 and lived in Florence for 15 years before moving to Marion.

His brother, Neil, was the first man to set foot on the moon 50 years ago as part of the Apollo 11 mission.

(Read more: PEABODY Gazette-Bulletin)