“Gruesome anniversary” took place ten days ago

I’m seeing this extensively on Twitter, so just want to mention again the Julian / Gregorian calendar ten-day time lag. The “day” is not the same as the “date,” and July 19 (today’s date) fell on a different day in 1692. I wrote about this extensively here, after the first anniversaries of executions of Salem “witches.” It’s fine by the way if we want to celebrate it today — the key for me in writing that post was to point out the arbitrary and personal nature of the choice to celebrate any anniversary.

It’s not about the date; it’s about us and what we choose to remember and why.

~ by Servetus on August 19, 2014.