Americans have been dealing with terrorism for longer than we realize.

From Anarchists to Islamists

by Charles C. Johnson

Bombings planned in the suburbs. A city paralyzed by fear and violence. A terrorist campaign inspired by anti-American, anti-government radicals from faraway lands. 

April 2013 in Boston? 

Try 1919, all over the United States, as foreign-born anarchists made terrorism a routine part of city life and precipitated what historians call the Red Scare. That April, 36 bombs were mailed to recipients who included a number of judges and businessmen, the mayor of Seattle, and the Bureau of Investigation agent responsible for investigating anarchist activities. 

In June, eight bombs exploded within 90 minutes of one another in New York, Boston, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Paterson, New Jersey. A bomb intended for Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer blew the bomber to bits and destroyed Palmer’s home, though he and his family survived.
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