911 World Trade Center Terrorism New York Disaster: Evacuation- Survivors leave the World Trade Center site shortly after the attacks
The media, with little prompting, published nothing regarding FDR's paralysis. This is such a shocking image. He had to rely on so many people to help him be the amazing president he was. ("Attendants assisting President Roosevelt out of the car while the president's dog, Fala, looks on. (January 20, 1941)")
The George Washington Masonic National Memorial, Alexandria, Virginia. The Square and Compasses, a large Masonic symbol built of concrete, was added to the memorial in 1999.
"Her final words were to Caroline and John; she told them 'Don't cry for me. I'm going to be with your father now.’ “ —Pastor C. Bernard Ruffin, historical biographer RIP♛♛RIP en.wikipedia.org/... en.wikipedia.org/...
Too long of a racist tradition to change, says Dan Snyder? Earlier a 87 year old tradition, of displaying this statue in DC was abandoned when it was recognized that it was racist. Rep. Usher Burdick, Republican of North Dakota made sure it will "be ground into the dust and scattered to the four winds." "The American Indian was no worse than some of our own ancestors, and there is no more reason to memorialize his misdeeds than there would be to set up a monument to the witch burners of Salem."
Japanese American Relocation Camps: After Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the start of WWII, President Roosevelt in 1942 selected ten sites to forcibly incarcerate 110,000 Japanese Americans (64% of which were American citizens) to these internment camps - Axis History Forum
August 1963 - leaving Otis Air Force Base after giving birth to Patrick Bouvier Kennedy. President Kennedy was by his baby son’s side for the three days and was with him when he passed away, saying “He put up quite a fight.” Usually stoic and unemotional, JFK openly wept and was deeply effected by the loss. After the funeral on August 10th, he was unable to let go of the coffin and the last to leave the church.
Then-US President Richard Nixon shares a toast with Premier Zhou Enlai in February 1972 in Beijing during Nixons official visit to China. [Provided to China Daily]
Matthew Brady - Ford's Theatre ~Chair in which President Lincoln was sitting when shot, c. 1865
The moment in which J.F. Kennedy got assassinated in 1963.
Washington DC c. 1863....during the Civil War...Capital Dome not finished
9/11 Collapse of #WorldTradeCenter Twin Towers (Two of the 4 Targets of #911) Remembering and Honoring the Heroes of 9-11-2001
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