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A pandemic diary: Afflictions past and present

August 19, 2021 Martha Carrier's marker at the Salem Witch Trials Memorial On this day 329 years ago, Martha Carrier was taken in a cart to Gallows Hill in Salem, where she and four men were hanged after being convicted in the infamous witch trials. A poor woman with an independent spirit, she'd previously drawn… Continue reading A pandemic diary: Afflictions past and present