Holiday greetings from Streets of Washington. Circa 1913 postcard, from the days when it used to snow at Christmastime. https://t.co/aQ2xton2i7 Holiday greetings from Streets of Washington. Circa 1913 postcard, from the days when it used to snow at Christmastime. …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Dec 24, 2021
Today in History - December 24 https://t.co/yVIjvKE4jU ‘Tis December 24, the day before Christmas, and all through the land, families send excited children to bed with a reading of Clement Moore’s classic poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” Continue reading. Click here to se…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Dec 24, 2021
Quote of the Day: "Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store." - Dr. Seuss
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Dec 24, 2021
Lots of interesting things happening in and around the Gulf of Thailand in this 1519 nautical chart! It's a folio from an atlas produced for King Manuel I of Portugal. Take a tour here: https://t.co/mI6WzWw2Kp https://t.co/CLJOzNH0Kk Lots of interesting things happening in and…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Dec 23, 2021
James Webb Telescope Rolls to the Pad Aboard an Ariane 5 Rocket via NASA https://t.co/zF24kI5Ish https://t.co/B81eTXkQQM
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Check out this map from 1953 which depicts nations receiving support from the Point Four Program initiated by President Harry Truman. The program was intended to provide technical assistance to developing nations. Have a look: https://t.co/D5ax4b2ndj https://t.co/E3gfFJdlR2 C…
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1636 Conn Ave NW, built in 1921, originally housed a Rolls Royce dealer and a hair stylist. By the 1970s, the popular counterculture Ben Bow bar and Ellen's Irish Pub had taken over. In 1978 patrons of the two bars protested plans to tear the building down and it was saved. …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Dec 23, 2021