Sep 2, 2021
3 min read
The Demise of the Passenger Pigeon
A sad footnote to history — the extinction of a North American bird.
I doubt anyone or anything — newspapers, magazines, TV news shows or tweets — commemorates the landmark event of September 1, 1914. No drum roll, no banners, just a sad asterisk in history.
On September 1, 1914, Martha died.
