[Tasl] September Highlights

[Carole Bos]

During September we remember the Great Hurricane of 1900 (which decimated Galveston on the 8th and 9th), the shooting of President McKinley (whose assassination has been called "One of 10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America") and the events of 9-11 (when four airliners were hijacked by terrorists).  

In addition, we commemorate other significant events:  Ramadan (observed during September this year), China's Xi'an festival (celebrating the country's ancient culture and its famous terra cotta soldiers ), Constitution Day (commemorating the approval of America's federal constitution on September 17, 1787), and the story of the Star-Spangled Banner (which Francis Scott Key wrote after the famous battle near Baltimore's Ft McHenry).  Learn the details of those, and other events, in this summary of September Highlights.  http://www.awesomestories.com/Newsletters/Sept08.htm    

Also provided are indices for videos (more than 400 are summarized and linked in context), World War II resources (for both European and Pacific theaters) and primary sources for space/aviation. 

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Carole Bos
Dean's Advisory Board
Grand Valley State University
bosc at gvsu.edu