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Date

1954-03-01

Maker

Associated Press Wirephoto

Dimensions

7 3/4 x 10 in. (19.7 x 25.4 cm)

Accession Number

2008.074.001

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Congressman Charles Halleck showed Speaker Joe Martin the bullet hole in the desk he was occupying when a group of Puerto Rican separatists opened fire onto the House Floor. The dissidents, proponents of their country’s independence from the United States, shot five Members before being subdued. No one died in the 1954 shooting, but Congressman Alvin Bentley was critically wounded.

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Representative Kanjorski reflects on the aftermath of the attack in the House Chamber on March 1, 1954.

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