I was thinking real history today.
For all my Civil War naval buffs, a documentary about the USS Monitor Center, at the Mariner’s Museum and Park in Newport News.
Bonus #1: There was a five part BBC series called “Cathedral”, in which the film makers went around to various famous British cathedrals. This one I think is particularly noteworthy: “Murder at Canterbury”.
I missed posting a historical note on the 850th anniversary, mostly because I was confused about the date of Thomas Becket’s murder: I keep seeing December 29, 1170, but is that Julian or Gregorian? I feel like that’s kind of a stupid question, but I honestly don’t know if the various online sources I’ve seen have already done the date translation, or if they just assume everyone knows it is Julian and leave the date conversion up to the reader?
Bonus #2: Since Wednesday was Ash Wednesday, and we’re now in the Lenten season, how about something thematically appropriate? “Secrets of the Last Supper”, from “Ancient Mysteries” on the History Channel.