9/11 and Alexander Hamilton - September 11
American History Learning
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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
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