On September 16th, 1920 a horse drawn wagon carrying 500 lbs of explosives was detonated on Wall St. killing 33 and injuring 400 people.Yesterday I took a small walk down Wall St. to see the damage. 90 years later there are still marks left on the building as evidence of the attack on the financial district (pictured above). 23 wall has always been the headquarters of JP Morgan Inc. Also seen from that intersection are the New York Stock Exchange and Federal Hall.
No reason for the attack was put forth, but Russian communist and Italian immigrant groups were widely blamed. The bombers were never caught although even today on the historic landmark sign out in front, the incident is still being attributed to unknown and ubiquitous "Anarchist" factions.
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