2014-06-10

Zamenhof in Washington revisited

In 2010, the occasion of the centennial of Dr. Zamenhof's participation in the first Universal Congress of Esperanto to be held in the USA, in Washington, DC, I lectured twice on this topic and was even interviewed on National Public Radio. All this is documented on this blog.

In preparing for these lectures, I scoured the Washington newspapers and documented their extensive reportage of this event.

The blog Imp of the Diverse has several posts on coverage of Esperanto in the press in its early years. The latest post, posted today, is . . .

1910: Zamenhof to Arrive in Washington

Here we find a bit of background, a newspaper photo (reproduced here), and some snippets from the press and from Zamenhof's correspondence in anticipation of the 1910 Universal Congress.

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