Not many houses in the United States can claim to have been blessed by the Pope. That is, except for this Alexandria condominium, which received a visit from a certain Polish cardinal in 1976. Two years later, that cardinal became Pope John Paul II: https://t.co/5WleAkhKQT N…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 22, 2022
Attention visitors! Our exhibits and store are closed today through Saturday (9/24) due to a COVID exposure. Thank you for understanding, and we apologize for any inconvenience. Attention visitors! Our exhibits and store are closed today through Saturday (9/24) due to a COV…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 22, 2022
We propose a day of mourning! #OTD in 1914, a commonwealth-wide referendum banning alcohol sales passed in #Virginia. The law decimated #Alexandria's thriving brewery industry, once the largest in the Southeast U.S: https://t.co/HCasdhvqTb #Prohibition @AlexandriaPatch We pr…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 22, 2022
Endeavour Gets a Piggyback Ride via NASA https://t.co/zTXlnHcEEu https://t.co/QljK7Hjjwc
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 22, 2022
Art All Night Mount Pleasant is tomorrow Friday Sept 23 from 5 to 10. I will be talking about Mt Pleasant history. See you there! @OldTimeDC @GhostsofDC https://t.co/llF279fkSw Art All Night Mount Pleasant is tomorrow Friday Sept 23 from 5 to 10. I will be talking about Mt Ple…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 22, 2022
Did you know there was once a train station on the National Mall? The Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Station stood at the current location of the @ngadc until it was demolished in 1908. https://t.co/1H0O8dq7Xo cc @WashProbs https://t.co/ljk9VAvLll Did you know there was once …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 22, 2022
Today in History - September 22 https://t.co/U1mm06P43Y On September 22, 1862, partly in response to the heavy losses inflicted at the Battle of Antietam, President Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, threatening to free all enslaved people in the…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 22, 2022