But now historian ElenaMariaVidal reminds us that Sept 12, became the feast of The Name of Mary, to remember the victory over the Turkish seige of Vienna.
Churches are sometimes called "communities of memory" because they remember these things. Presumably, a thousand years from now, the attack on the Twin Towers will someday be commemorated as the feast of St Mychal of New York...
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AboutCom has a series on the spread of the Black Plague in Europe...includes some great maps...
One of the books I brought with me was Tuchman's book A Distant Mirror...it starts out with describing the famines caused by the "little Ice Age", which contributed to the high mortality of the plague...
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Archeology magazine has an article on Egyptian artifacts in New York City.
Actually, I prefer the almost unknown exhibit at the Univ of Pennsylvania museum myself.(photo from the book of the dead at that website)...
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Cheap AK 47's are a major public health problem in parts of Africa, says StrategyPage, by fueling crime and societal disruption...and societal disruption means more disease and less aid.
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Welcome to the World Dog Surfing championship...
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