May 10, 1949: Morehead Planetarium opens
Posted May 10, 2021
The opening of Morehead Planetarium on May 10, 1949 was a big event. Frank Porter Graham, who was at this point a U.S. Senator, gave the main address, expressing his belief that the Planetarium would “become a part of a great intellectual and spiritual center whose influence will reach across all the states through all the generations to come.”
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