Vintage postcard from Sans Souci at 726 17th St NW. It opened in Jan 1963, just in time to gain patronage from the Kennedy administration. An immediate hit, it soon rivaling the Rive Gauche as a fashionable spot to meet and be seen. Closed in 1981. @OldTimeDC …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 8, 2022
Today in History - October 8 https://t.co/46CNQ266eF On Sunday, October 8, 1871, fire leveled a broad swath of Michigan and Wisconsin, including the cities of Peshtigo, Holland, Manistee, and Port Huron. Continue reading. On October 8, 1862, Union and Confederate forces fou…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 8, 2022
Would you believe it if I told you that the king of #spookyseason and infamous vagabond Edgar Allan Poe was almost a Washington fed?! #DCHistory #MarylandHistory https://t.co/i9FBB3Yfti Would you believe it if I told you that the king of #spookyseason and infamous vagabond E…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 7, 2022
How did this tragedy spell a sea change for workers’ rights and attitudes towards DC statehood? Read on here! (4/4) https://t.co/Df7loLOMo4 How did this tragedy spell a sea change for workers’ rights and attitudes towards DC statehood? Read on here! (4/4) …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 7, 2022
Brave Washingtonians came to the rescue, and many more called out Congress for its mismanagement of federal buildings in Washington. (3/4) Brave Washingtonians came to the rescue, and many more called out Congress for its mismanagement of federal buildings in Washington. (3/4…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 7, 2022
“I heard what sounded like an explosion… Then came the bricks, timbers and mortar. When the noise was finished I could hear the groans of the injured, and those who were not injured were screaming for assistance.” -Thomas Adams, one of the survivors (2/4) …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 7, 2022
On the morning of June 9, 1893, 400 government workers’ lives hung by a thread as their office building (formerly the (in)famous Ford’s Theatre) collapsed around them (1/4) https://t.co/29rcuNMCEO On the morning of June 9, 1893, 400 government workers’ lives hung by a thread…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 7, 2022