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Thu, 19 Jun 2025 13:55:04 -0500

Our last visit of the trip was to a powerful exhibit at the New York Historical Society, one of our favorite places. The exhibit was created by Jewish Museum Milwaukee and deals with the background and affects of the anti-Communist hysteria of the late 40s and early 50s. Antecedents include the post-WWI Red Scare during which Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer swept up immigrant "anarchists" and jailed and/or deported them. Emma Goldman, who may indeed have planned violence, and her partner were among them.