The other major event in US history from June 6 I’d like to discuss today is the March Against Fear, a protest begun by James Meredith in Mississippi in 1966. Although it may seem rather different than my earlier memorialization of Operation Overlord (see previous blog post), there are, in fact, some connections. These two […]
Month: June 2020
Operation Overlord and D-Day at Normandy
Well, June 6 is a huge day in history, so I’ve chosen to post about two events today that were crucial to history in the United States. This is the first of two posts, and it concerns Operation Overlord and World War 2. Operation Overlord was the code name for the American landing at Normandy […]
The Origins of Witchcraft and Valdés of Lyon
Part of the origins of witchcraft lie with the man we know as Valdés of Lyon. Valdés lived in France in the twelfth century and was an itinerant preacher who lived a life of holy simplicity. His name also has a connection to the origin of the term “witch” and so is part of the […]