9/11 and Alexander Hamilton - September 11

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Today is Patriot Day, 9/11 Remembrance Day, Emergency Number Day, Make Your Bed Day, Hot Cross Bun Day, and Women's Baseball Day.

• 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

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1775 – Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.

1776 – British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop the nascent American Revolutionary War.

1777 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

1780 – American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County, Pennsylvania, is attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.

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 - Hamilton 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

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339