At 9:37am on September 11, 2001, hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the Pentagon. We remember the 184 lives lost in our community and thousands more who perished in NYC and PA. #911NeverForget Photo: Rescue workers unfurling flag at Pentagon from @USNatArchives …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 11, 2022
1905 postcard view of a restful Thomas Circle. The circa 1843 Wylie Mansion is seen on the right, at 10 Thomas Circle NW. It was torn down in 1947. In 1962, the International Inn was built on the empty site. https://t.co/a3ZHefs7mV 1905 postcard view of a restful Thomas Circle…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 11, 2022
Today in History - September 11 https://t.co/8UgEEmExHk Within hours of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the Library of Congress staff began to call for and collect a vast array of original materials concerning the attacks on the World Trade Towers and the Pentag…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 11, 2022
Quote of the Day: "One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present." - Golda Meir
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 11, 2022
Did you know that actor Sidney Poitier came to D.C. to protest against segregated seating at the Tivoli Theatre in Columbia Heights in 1963? The plot twist: he was the star of the movie the theater was showing: https://t.co/YLuqi6t9nU #BlackHistory https://t.co/dK9c2GAQar D…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 10, 2022
The population of Washington, D.C. exploded during WWI – increasing from 330,000 before the war to 526,000 in November of 1918. But the poor sanitation and overcrowding that resulted made the city especially vulnerable to diseases, like the Spanish Flu: https://t.co/ykY8hme6EU …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 10, 2022
Today in History - September 10 https://t.co/s73Tg5UABw Explorer, writer, and cartographer John Smith became leader of the Jamestown settlement when he assumed the presidency of its governing council on September 10, 1608. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in H…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 10, 2022