A 
      Visit to Gary's House 
      On Sunday night of the National Youth Shooting Sports Leadership Conference,	
      participants were treated to a visit to Gary and Ruth Ann Anderson's house. 
      The First Shot was there to take a few pictures:
  
       
      
        
          
                
              Just an ordinary 
              house in an ordinary neighborhood. But you never know what you might 
              find inside.  | 
          
                  
              After the 1964 Olympics, the hometown folks in Hastings, Nebraska 
              held a parade.  | 
         
       
      
 
        
          
                
              Gold medals from the 1964 
              and 1968 Olympics. Gary won the medals in the 300m free rifle event. 
              
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              Gary served as a State Senator in the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature 
              in the 1970s.   | 
         
        
	  
        
          
                
              When the Berlin Wall "fell" 
              in 1989, shooting friends in Germany used pieces of the broken wall 
              to construct a memorial gift to recognize Gary's activies in bringing 
              people on both sides of the iron curtain together through international 
              shooting. 
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              On August 19, 
              1971, in the Navy Cup Match at the National Matches, Gary Anderson 
              shot the first 200 yard standing 200x200 "possible" score in highpower 
              rifle. His record of 200-15X still stands today.  | 
          
                
              Gary has one of the world's premier collections of books on marksmanship, 
              some dating as far back as the early 1800s.   | 
         
       
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