Washington Arsenal Explosion

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Lindsay and Madison discuss the Washington Arsenal Explosion, as well as why you shouldn’t dry explosives in metal pans, that hoopskirts were a health hazard on several levels, and the giving nature of those in times of national strife.

Information pulled from the following sources:

• 2022 U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs article by Nalia Warmack

• 2021 Off the Record Tours article by David Shaw

• 2017 Streets of Washington article

• 2016 Long Island Wins article by Patrick Young, Esq.

• 2015 Library of Congress blog post by Ellen Terrell

• 2014 Congressional Cemetery blog post by Lauren Maloy

• 2014 The New York Times article by John Grady

• 2014 U.S. Army article by Julia LeDoux

• 2013 Ghosts of DC blog post by Andrea Pawley

• 2012 National Archives article by Jay Bellamy

• 1864 Evening Star article (1)

• Atlas Obscura

• The Historical Marker Database

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