A Shooting in the House - The Day Congress was fired on

[packman]

On the afternoon of March 1, 1954, four armed Puerto Rican nationalists entered the United States Capitol building. Security guards stopped the group — consisting of three men and one woman — and asked them if they had cameras. They did not. The quartet then proceeded to an upper gallery of the House chamber. Below them, members of the Congress were debating a bill.

They drew guns and began shooting down into the floor of the House. It was the the most severe assault in the history of the Capitol building. In all, five members of Congress were hit, and while some were critically wounded, they all survived.


https://timeline.com/in-1954-these-four-puerto-rican-radicals-stormed-the-capital-and-started-shooting-u-s-congressmen-7e7018283865

[tanyev]

1. Wow. I never knew about that.

[Kentonio]

2. Can't believe I've never heard about this!

[monmouth4]

3. I was in the 8th grade at the time and it was news for a couple of days then nothing..n/t