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Thank you to the folks who joined me today for my . Now if someone asks "who was that Major Deegan anyway?" you should be able to answer. @histodons

Headline from NYT: Pushes Drive on Pigeons Deegan Believes Birds May Spread Infantile Paralysis. Article text: "Believing that pigeons kept on the city's roofs may transmit the germs of infantile paralysis, William F. Deegan, Tenement House Commissioner, speeded up his campaign to rid the city of the flocks yesterday by haling seventeen violators to . .. "
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    Hey Long Island, Come gossip with me! @history @histodons

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    Happy Casimir Pulaski Day! Fun Fact: Pulaski was the father of the American Cavalry and was almost definitely intersex. Researching Pulaski was a fun part of writing @history @histodons

    Oil painting of Pulaski leading the Bar Confederation against Stanislaus II Augusutus (Russian puppet king of Poland)
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