I wasnt born to experience the black-out drills during WWII; but - TopicsExpress



          

I wasnt born to experience the black-out drills during WWII; but I heard the stories. April 18, 1941: Pittsburgh goes dark and prepares for war. Pittsburgh conducted what was labeled a “blackout rehearsal” in April 1941. The event was treated as a grand spectacle, a sort of a light-up night in reverse. “The greatest audience ever in Western Pennsylvania” jammed the surrounding hillsides to see the city go dark at 10:10 p.m., reported The Pittsburgh Press. Only Pittsburgh didn’t quite go dark. Several bridge lights continued to twinkle. Streetlights burned. The beacon atop the Grant Building never ceased flashing the city’s name in Morse code. A reporter flying in an airplane at 3,500 feet wrote that the Golden Triangle was dim but very recognizable.
Posted on: Tue, 20 May 2014 02:09:58 +0000

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