Paul  Kengor Recommend this article  Editor’s note: A shorter
version of this article first appeared in today’s issue of USA
Today.  As the indignation of the Wall Street Occupiers spreads
across the nation, it is time to step back and consider the
broader historical perspective. What will history books record
about the Wall Street Occupation? For starters, what was the
start date? The answer to that simple fact alone has some
potentially profound meaning.  The Wall Street Occupation began
on September 17. How ironic that date is.  If the Wall Street
Occupiers could hop into a time machine and read their New York
Times from September 17 almost a century ago—specifically,
September 17, 1920—they would be struck by this headline: “WALL
STREET EXPLOSION KILLS 30, INJURES 300; MORGAN OFFICE HIT; BOMB
PIECES FOUND.”  At noon the previous day, a horse-drawn wagon
carrying hundreds of pounds of explosives and deadly shrapnel
exploded in front of the headquarters of J.P. Morgan at 23 Wall
Street, the heart and busies