Too many sad anniversaries
Dec. 8th, 2004 11:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowscastListening to the radio while working late tonight, I learned that this is the anniversary of John Lennon being shot (December 8, 1980).
Yesterday was the anniversary of Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941).
Probably fewer of you know that the day before, December 6, was also the anniversary of two tragedies:
December 6, 1917: the Halifax Explosion.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
amerella will know about this one; dunno if anyone else out there will, as even a lot of Canadians I've met don't know about it, but I grew up going to memorial ceremonies every December 6th. I heard the memorial bells ring every day at noon through most of my childhood. I cried at the exhibit at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.
December 6, 1989: the Montreal Massacre. I cried again tonight when I read the poem![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ponycow posted: 14, As More Than Just a Number, by Anna Humphrey
(Sorry for the sadness...I'll soon return to my regularly-scheduled program of Buffyverse-related ramblings.)
Yesterday was the anniversary of Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941).
Probably fewer of you know that the day before, December 6, was also the anniversary of two tragedies:
December 6, 1917: the Halifax Explosion.
amerella will know about this one; dunno if anyone else out there will, as even a lot of Canadians I've met don't know about it, but I grew up going to memorial ceremonies every December 6th. I heard the memorial bells ring every day at noon through most of my childhood. I cried at the exhibit at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.December 6, 1989: the Montreal Massacre. I cried again tonight when I read the poem
ponycow posted: 14, As More Than Just a Number, by Anna Humphrey(Sorry for the sadness...I'll soon return to my regularly-scheduled program of Buffyverse-related ramblings.)
