The Bombing of Wall Street, PBS American Experience: Premier Feb. 13

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The Bombing of Wall Street, PBS American Experience, Premier Feb. 13, 2018

On September 16, 1920, as hundreds of Wall Street workers headed out for lunch, a horse-drawn cart packed with dynamite exploded in front of Morgan Bank — the world’s most powerful banking institution. The blast turned the nation’s financial center into a bloody war zone and left 38 dead and hundreds more seriously injured.

As financial institutions around the country went on high alert, many wondered if this was the strike against American capitalism that radical agitators had threatened for so long. A mostly-forgotten act of terror that remains unsolved today, the bombing helped launch the career of a young J. Edgar Hoover and sparked a bitter national debate about how far the government should go to protect the nation from acts of political violence. Based on Beverly Gage’s The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in its First Age of Terror.

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[sueh]

1. Thanks for posting. I had no idea that this happened. I will watch this for sure.

[BigmanPigman]

2. The more things change, the more they stay the same.....

I never heard of this until now. Nice, clear film images from 100 years ago. I just set the DVR...thanks!

[BlueDog22]

3. Learned Something New

I never knew that this happened. Thank you for telling me about this documentary, because I will watch it.