Historian. Publications include “Martin Luther King, Jr.: Visits to Westchester, 1956-1967," Westchester Historian,94(2)
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Jan 21, 2021 • 101 tweets • 105 min read
To commemorate the #First100Days of Joe Biden's presidency, this thread of daily tweets features 100 Biden-related sites—important places in his life, places named after him, and more. They span from Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Delaware to Central New York and places in-between.
Site #1: Biden Birthplace, 930 Hickory Ave., Scranton, PA.
Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. was born Nov. 20, 1942, at St Mary's Hospital. The 3-story brick structure was built in 1916 and closed as a hospital in 1978. Today, the building is home to Milton Eisner Yeshiva High School.