These Photographs Share the Most Painful to Most Successful Pieces of American History
by N/A, 10 years ago |
3 min read
Be prepared to get the chills as you relive these vital moments from the past 150+ years of American History.
The 1863 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Civil War battlefield replete with dead soldiers.
First in flight: The Wright Bros.' flight at Kitty Hawk, NC. Dec. 17, 1903.
"Migrant Mother" is one of the most famous images of the Great Depression. Taken in 1936.
The Hindenburg Disaster, May 6, 1937.
The Allies land on Omaha beach, beginning the invasion of Normandy during WWII. June 6, 1944.
US soldiers raise the flag at Iwo Jima
The Allies drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
August 28th, 1963: Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
The assassination of John F. Kennedy.
JFK's funeral.
Rosa Parks' mugshot. Dated February 22, 1956 following her arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person on December 1, 1955.
Elizabeth Eckford walking to the entrance of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, September 4, 1957
Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston.
The assassination of Robert Kennedy by Sirhan Sirhan.
RFK is being comforted by a busboy at the Ambassador Hotel.
"Earthrise," taken from the moon during the Apollo 8 mission.
The Kent State massacre, 1970.
The "Miracle on Ice." The USA hockey team defeats the heavily favored USSR during the 1980 Olympics.
The space shuttle "Challenger" explodes, January 28th, 1986.
O.J. Simpson Trial, 1995.
Heisman Trophy winner and actor O.J. Simpson was found not guilty of double murder in a controversial verdict.
President George W. Bush is informed of the attacks on September 11th, 2001.
The 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
April 9, 2003: Saddam Hussein is removed from power.
Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans in early September, 2005.
A US soldier greets her daughter upon returning home from war.
The Boston Marathon bombing, April 15th, 2013
June 26th, 2015: the Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage nationwide.
People protesting in Washington, DC following the shooting death of Michael Brown. This protest occurred after Darren Wilson, the police officer responsible for Brown's death, was not indicted.
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