Warren G. Harding: On The Air The Centennial of the First Broadcast of a Presidential Annual Message to the Congress December 8, 1922
By Jerry L. Wallace A century ago, at noontime, Friday, December 8, 1922, President Warren G. Harding strolled to the rostrum of the House of Representatives (1). There he was greeted, amid enthusiastic applause from the floor and galleries, by Speaker Frederick H. Gillette and President pro Tempore of the
First Presidential Radio Broadcast Marks 100 Year Anniversary
By Jerry L. Wallace May 30, 1922 is a Red-Letter Day in the history of presidential communications. On that day 100 years ago, Warren G. Harding became the first President to speak over radio. The occasion was the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. Remarkably, this significant moment
Death Came Like a Thief in the Night: The Knickerbocker Theater Collapse
By Jerry L. Wallace Today, January 28th, marks the 100th anniversary of one of the nation’s most deadly structural engineering failures, the roof collapse of the Knickerbocker Theater in Washington, DC. The theater, part of Harry Crandall’s chain, was located at 18th and Columbia Road. It not only showed movies