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June 2026

June 19, 2026

An Irishman Against American Slavery

In honor of Juneteenth A sampling of the Letter of Daniel O'Connell on American Slavery...

May 2026

May 05, 2026

Those Who Lived Till The Year Star Wars Was Released

When we pick up in this timeline, Star Wars was just out in theaters a...

May 04, 2026

1977 The Year Star Wars Came Out

I love looking at and examining history. Taking the highlights of every century, decade and...

March 2026

March 06, 2026

50 Years Ago- Mark and Kristin Grew Up in the 70’s

850 posts ago I published my first post at the Catholic Bard. 50 years ago,...

February 2026

February 21, 2026

55 Years Ago, I Was Baptized

By the grace of God, I've made it 55 years on this planet. Half a...

January 2026

January 22, 2026

10 Years Before I Was Born is the Decade We Went to the Moon

This is what happen in life a decade before I came into the world. It...

January 20, 2026

20 Years Before I Was Born

Last Time We explored 30 Years Before I Was Born | A Look At The...

January 18, 2026

30 Years Before I was Born

Last time we explored... 40 Years Before I Was Born | A Look At The...

January 16, 2026

40 Years Before I Was Born

40 Years before I was born the country in which I lived was at the...

January 07, 2026

What A Year -July 1925/2025 – December 1925/2025

The Jubilee year began in January 2025 with Trump as President once again and Pope...

December 2025

December 31, 2025

What A Year -January 1925/2025 – June 1925/2025

Last year I published 2025 A Look Behind And Ahead- 700th Post | A Look...

December 05, 2025

50 Years Before I was Born

In this article I continue to casually look at some of the many events that...

November 2025

November 30, 2025

What A Year -July 1924/2024 – December 1924/2024

A year ago, we started a new liturgical year that included the start of the...

November 27, 2025

12 Things I’m Grateful For

On thanksgiving we remember that there are oodles of things to be grateful and thankful...

November 25, 2025

The 1910’s was Decade The Titanic Sunk and WWI Raged

As I continue to highlight history, I now delve into the decade that gave us...

November 21, 2025

125 Years Ago at the Dawn of the Century

I find the study of history fascinating and intoxicating. For the last few years on...

November 17, 2025

Why I like to Write Literary Timelines

Here are some thoughts on why literary timelines of history are a good thing. I...

November 13, 2025

1940 – The Year of Bugs, The Flash and Anti -Nazi Comedy

On this day November 13, 1940, Walt Disney's classic piece of animation Fantasia first came...

November 06, 2025

New History, Biographies and Travel Books 2023 – 2025

Most stories consist of people living in a particular time or place, whether real or...

October 2025

October 31, 2025

Halloween Reminds Us of These 25 Things

Halloween reminds us that… 1. Once a year your neighbors, even if complete strangers the...

October 27, 2025

CB’ Guide to Holy Catholics of the 1980s and 90s

The litany of holy Saints, Blesseds, Venerables, Servants of God and others continue on at...

October 24, 2025

CB’s Guide to Saints 1960 -1970s

The group of Saints, Blesseds, Venerables and Servants of God continue their journeys of holiness...

October 21, 2025

Nobody Will Remember My 800th Post

Some people read this blog. I have no idea who they are. Sometimes they let...

October 16, 2025

88 Years of Middle-Earth, 75 Years of Narnia

During the hectic middle decades of the twentieth century, from the end of the Great...

October 13, 2025

250 Years Ago The Fight For America Began

I started a 1000 years ago to look at the past and pondered how short...

October 06, 2025

Almost a 1000 Years Ago Christianity Split in Half

Time is a funny thing. When looking at past events a year can seem like...

September 2025

September 12, 2025

Catholic Bard’s Guide to Saints 1890 – 1959

Here is a list of Saints, Blesseds, Venerables, Servants of God and other holy people...

September 08, 2025

The World Around Saints Pier and Carlos

We now have two new inspirational young men who died in the prime of their...

August 2025

August 25, 2025

Remembering The Kristins and Kathleens in the World

When you look long and hard and sometimes short and easy, you can find similar...

August 15, 2025

Still Remembered Today

August 15, 2025 falls on a Friday this year. Various people have lived and died...