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Category: Historical Events

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Harry S Truman addressing the crowd at a train stop in Baltimore in June of 1948. (Robert F. Kniesche/Baltimore Sun)

President Truman’s 1948 Campaign Stop in Baltimore

We came across a great photo of President Truman on a train in Baltimore, so we did a little digging. Here's the article that we dug up in The Baltimore Sun on June 19th, 1948. Remember that this was the election in which Truman beat Dewey. Check out the great old photo and read the excerpt from the article!

JFK and Jackie in Dallas, 1963

The Darker Side of Kennedy’s Visit to Baltimore in 1962

We wrote the other day about Kennedy's visit to Baltimore at Patterson Park. Well, we found another story related to that visit in 1962, with a darker side. Read on to find out more about the threat to kill President Kennedy during his Baltimore visit in 1962.

Pan Am’s First Passenger Jet to Europe (1958)

Experience the dawn of the jet age with Pan Am's inaugural 1958 transatlantic passenger jet flight from Washington, DC to Paris. See a film from the era and learn about this historic event.

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