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June 1919. "Palmer house after bomb explosion." The shattered facade of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer's house at 2132 R Street NW after the June 2 blast. The only casualty was anarchist Carlo Valdinoci, blown to bits when the dynamite-packed suitcase he was putting under the front steps exploded prematurely. A search by the police "revealed only fragments of the body of the dead man," the Washington Post reported. "A part of a shattered leg clothed in a red sock and a garter, and a mutilated head were picked up. Several spinal vertebrae were discovered in a front room on the second floor of the Swedish legation on the opposite side of the street." National Photo glass negative. View full size.
Palmers neighbors (across the street at 2131 R St) were Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
So let's say that FDR had been walking along Palmer's side of the street when the bomb went off ... no New Deal ... a different U.S. response to WWII ... no concessions at Yalta ... the alternate history possibilities are endless.
This was depicted early in the recent film J Edgar, supposedly a key moment in the FBI Director's early career.
of Diana Oughton and crew 51 years later in a New York brownstone!
Palmers neighbors (across the street at 2131 R St) were Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. After the bombing, one of the Roosevelt children found a piece of the bomber on their doorstep.
Mr Carlo Valdinoci!
He'll never have the guts to do THAT again. I understand the guy is totally spineless.
If ever there was a perfect and practical example of the old expression 'hoist with one's own petard', this surely must be it. One heck of a petard, and by all accounts Mr. Valdinoci was very thoroughly hoisted, too.
$2.7 million is a bit of an explosive price.
I see two guys just casually reading the newspaper. Were they trying to figure out what happened?
Yeah, that's him all over.....
The house is currently on the market for $2.7 million.
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