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If it makes some people feel better, then okay. I do genealogy and have found one disgusting Puritan ancestor who got a woman killed for being a witch. In reality, all he wanted was her land.
If anyone goes to visit Salem, it's a beautiful town to walk around in but I didn't find the witch museum very interesting. Go and visit some of the burial grounds in that area. There's a lot more than just Salem. That area is loaded with history and to the north, Ipswich is really interesting and has a good museum and some of the country's oldest houses to visit. Salisbury has a burial ground that I used to love, victims of witchcraft buried there but also it's a small, rather peaceful place to walk around in.
Anything, even (or especially) a religion, carried too far to the extreme is dangerous and sickening.
My childhood neighbor was the direct descendant of one of the witches, Goody Knapp. In fact, a major street in Fairfield, Knapp’s Highway is named for the family and a couple of the family homesteads are still on it.
It’s interesting to see that after all these centuries, this is still an issue. I learned about the Connecticut Witch Trials from my 8th grade History teacher, Edward Coffey who actually just passed away. He was a wealth of knowledge of Connecticut history and gave me my true appreciation of colonial architecture and our states character.
I suppose it does no harm but there are a lot more important things our legislators could and should be addressing. Jay
Just like “The Simpsons” episode has predicted…apologies for witch hunt
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