When the 1970 Census low-balled the number of Latino people lived in #DC, community organizers were outraged. They decided to "Let the press count us!" and organized #DC's first Latino Festival in #MtPleasantDC. cc: @FiestaDCOficial https://t.co/PzqWHzioCN When the 1970 Cens…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 17, 2022
The Purple Iris Inn opened c 1917 in Chevy Chase DC, part of the teahouse craze of the 1910s and 1920s. In the 1920s Berthold N Colle (1893-1965), a native of Luxembourg, bought the restaurant and ran it until it closed around 1950. Replaced by three new houses in the 1950s. …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 17, 2022
In 1977, two brothers who had fled the Chilean dictatorship of Pinochet created a mural in Adams Morgan, “Un Pueblo Sin Murales Es Un Pueblo Desmuralizado." In 2005, it was nearly covered up: https://t.co/hGl9vwOiM1 #HispanicHeritageMonth In 1977, two brothers who had fled t…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 17, 2022
Today in History - September 17 https://t.co/BmuKQy6qcA On September 17, 1787, members of the Constitutional Convention signed the final draft of the Constitution. Continue reading. On September 17, 1862, approximately 23,000 Union and Confederate soldiers were killed, woun…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 17, 2022
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— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 17, 2022
If you live in the #DMV long enough you're bound to hear comparisons between #DC and #Baltimore. That was true 90 years ago, too... even when it came to which city was the more welcoming petri dish for tuberculosis. (Spoiler alert: we won.) #DCHistory https://t.co/tMNhoWKX5d …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 16, 2022
"We are the most complex problem here in Washington. Most of our people are not citizens... They can’t get jobs. Many of them are afraid to go out in the street." - Community leader Carlos Rosario on plight of Latinos who immigrated to #DC during 1970s https://t.co/PzqWHziWsl …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 16, 2022