Graphic Wisdom

On April 19^th in history:

• 1012 – Martyrdom of Ælfheah of Canterbury  (captured by Viking raiders in 1011 and killed by them the following year after refusing to allow himself to be ransomed)
• 1775 – The American Revolutionary War war begins with the battles of Lexington and Concord.
• 1903 – The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins
• 1952 - my horrendous ex-sister-in-law born
• 1985 – FBI siege on the compound of The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (CSAL) in Arkansas.
• 1989 – Gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.
• 1993 – The 51 day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die.
• 1993 – South Dakota governor George Mickelson and seven others are killed when a state-owned aircraft crashes in Iowa.
• 1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, is bombed, killing 168.

After those horrendous events having taken place on April 19^th, this year we can celebrate that Boston Marathon suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was arrested.

The BEST thing that happened on April 19^th was the birth of my niece. Kelsey.

Kelsey (left), my Mom (center), Kelsey's sister, Katie (right)

And now,

Graphic Wisdom

Just a smidgen to help Sometimes Saintly Nick and the Kitty Kids make it through to the end of the month?