Massacres and Mondays
March 5, 1770: Sound familiar? The Boston Massacre. Happened on a Monday, by the way: how ironic is that? But here’s the thing: if the Monday is emphasize...
Tag: commemoration
Washington Memorialized
Today marks the 214th anniversary of the death of George Washington, memorialized here in a Chinese reverse-on-glass painting. I suspect that the figure of the ...
Requiems and Reenactments
Warning: Long reenactor-heavy content ahead. My friend wrote on Tuesday about battle reenactments, and whether or not they’re appropriate or even, well, decent,...
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