Dozens of people gathered in Washington Square Park in New York City on Monday for a snowball fight as the first blizzard in a decade bore down on the city. The event turned chaotic when the police, who were called to control the crowd, arrived at the scene and were pelted with snowballs. https://nyti.ms/4rAIRO9 | The New York Times

If you think the “bomb cyclone” winter storm hitting the East Coast is bad… be glad you weren’t around during the Great Blizzard of 1888. Over four feet of snow fell and strong winds created snow drifts up to fifty feet high. Learn more in our doc "The Race Underground," streaming free: http://to.pbs.org/2jL6Cnf | American Experience | PBS