9/11 and Alexander Hamilton - September 11

Sunday, September 11, 2022

• Today is 9/11 Remembrance Day, Make Your Bed Day, National Day of Service and Remembrance, Patriot Day, and  Women's Baseball Day.
  
  
• September is National Square Dancing Month, National Food Safety Education Month, Classical Music Month, Library Card Sign-up Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Save A Tiger Month, College Savings Month, and Be Kind To Editors & Writers Month.
  
  
• Daily Hispanic Heritage Resource of the Day: Latino Americans: Foreigners in Their Own Land
  
  
• Classical Music Resource of the Day: Bach Cello Suite No.1 in G

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  9/11 and Alexander Hamilton
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ON THIS DATE

• 1789 - Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first secretary of the treasury.
• 1941 -  Construction begins on The Pentagon.
• 1954 - Hurricane Edna hits New England.
• 1962 - The Beatles record their first singles, "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You,"
• 2001 - Four planes were hijacked by terrorists.  Two flew into the World Trade Center in New York. One crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after passengers overpowered the terrorists.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1829 - Landscape painter Thomas Hill, known for painting the Rocky Mountains and the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
• 1847 - Astronomer Mary Watson Whitney
• 1862 - Short story writer O. Henry
• 1885 - Author D.H. Lawrence
• 1899 - Singer-songwriter and 47 Governor of Louisiana Jimmie Davis
• 1913 - Football coach Bear Bryant
• 1940 - Director and producer Brian De Palma
• 1965 - Singer-songwriter Moby
• 1967 - Singer-songwriter, pianist and actor Harry Connick Jr.
• 1977 - Rapper and actor Ludacris

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Beatles - Love Me Do - LISTEN
• Lin-Manuel Miranda - White House Poetry Jam - Hamilton - LISTEN
• Jimmy Davis - You Are My Sunshine - LISTEN
• Moby - South Side - LISTEN
• Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah - LISTEN

THEME: 9/11

• Grades K-4 - READING RAINBOW - The Tin Forest (Levar visits New York City after 9/11) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The White House: Inside Story - 9-11 at the White House (6:10) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The 10th Inning -The Effects of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks on Major League Baseball (4:57) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - American Muslims Remember How 9/11 Changed America -VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Generation 9/11 (1:54:48) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - 9/11 Inside the Pentagon (54:11) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Frontline - In the Shadow of 9/11 (1:54:23) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Interfaith Engagement: Healing after 9/11 (7:45) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Frontline - United States of Secrets - The White House Responds to 9/11 (2:32) - VIEW, READ, DO

THEME: ALEXANDER HAMILTON

• Grades K-3 - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Alexander Hamilton Goes to School (2:30) -  VIEW
• Grades 1-6 - Liberty's Kids - Hamiton Special Collection (2:10:28) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Hamilton in :60: The Immigrant (1:20) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Hamilton in :60: The Military Officer (1:04) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Hamilton in :60: The Politician (0:59)- VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Eliza's Legacy (5:50) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Alexander Hamilton's Widow Speaks (2:04) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Alexander Hamilton: Beyond the Music (8:29) - VIEW

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NHPBS  - 11.1   Comcast (802)   Live Stream   More Options
NHPBS EXPLORE  - 11.2   Comcast (801)   More Options
NH WORLD - 11.3   Comcast (965)  More Options
NH KIDS - 11.5  Schedule   Live Stream   More Options

ON STORY - On Creating Mayans: A Conversation with Elgin James
Sunday, 9/11 from 6-6:30 am NH WORLD
 writer/director Elgin James discusses his personal process when directing, writing, and scoring films, and where he pulls inspiration from when creating his hit television shows. ON STORY Streaming Video and Podcast

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Director of Communications
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