We do not have to see it; we can always feel it. -Mignon McLaughlin
This blog is centered on 20th century history, particularly film, music, and the Kennedys. Enjoy :)
The mutilated, bisected, nude corpse of a woman later to be identified as Elizabeth Short, was discovered the Leimert Park district of Los Angeles. Her body was left on display in gruesome fashion at the west side of South Norton Avenue midway between Coliseum Street and West 39th Street. Posthumously dubbed The Black Dahlia by the press, her murder remains unsolved and to this day, fascinating.
“Yesterday, December 7, 1941— a date which will live in infamy— the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.”
-President Franklin D. Roosevelt
You know the words, now listen to President Roosevelt’s voice - FDR’s Day of Infamy speech delivered to a joint session of Congress on December 8, 1941.
