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The Paris Massacre of 17 October 1961

By Melissa Byrnes

In General

On October 17, 2021

Paris, Pont Saint-Michel, 1961: "Here we drown Algerians" Sixty years ago today, Algerian migrants around the Paris region gathered for a peaceful march to protest a restrictive and discriminatory curfew. A decree passed on 5 October 1961 required all "French Muslims from Algeria" to stay...

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How Your Notre Dame Fire Sausage Was Made

By Erik Loomis

On April 16, 2019

As we figure out exactly what happened, the more we do know about the Notre Dame fire, the more it begins to remind me of the Brazilian museum fire from.

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Notre Dame

By Erik Loomis

On April 15, 2019

The loss of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris today is an unspeakable tragedy. Having visited Paris for the first time last year, there aren't words to describe this. It seems.

Erik Visits an (Non) American Grave, Part 268

By Erik Loomis

In General

On July 1, 2018

This is the grave of Peter Abelard and Héloïse d'Argenteuil. The story of Peter Abelard and Heloise is well-known and I'm not going to go into tons of detail about their lives. Plus my knowledge of medieval Europe is almost nonexistent. Abelard was born in...