CONTINUING IN THE WORD
Perspectives on Homeschooling and Classical Christian Education from Scholars Online
Author: Christe McMenomy
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October 27: Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau
We often take note of major discoveries, like the discovery of Penicillin in 1928 by Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming, but we don’t always recognize the effort it takes to make the results of these medical advances widely available. Margaret Hutchinson was born on October 27, 1910. She received her degree in science at Rice in…
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October 26: Alfred the Great
In the traditions of the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox churches, October 26 is the feast of St. Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886 and then of a unified Anglo-Saxon kingdom until his death on October 26, 899. He is remembered largely for his success in warding off Viking…
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October 25: Agincourt
On this day in 1415, Henry V of England and his small army defeated a much larger French cavalry army at Agincourt. Henry was trying to establish his claim to the French throne, part of the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) between England and France for control of the Aquitaine and Normandy, provinces in France to…