Lonny:  Sometimes "getting back at you for your meaness" occurred during Mardi-Gras but not on the serious level that occurred at the recent Juneteenth Festival.  Please see the book "All On A Mardi-Gras Day".  This book came out in the 1990s and is a good read.  Jane Steele.

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>From: "Lonny J. Watro" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Jun 22, 2007 11:50 AM
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>Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Violent holidays (was Re: Juneteenth)
>
>When you study the mind of a criminal you might determine 
>that these factions chose these days for their violence 
>for certain reasons.
>
>1. Possibly it was the easiest way to kill more people at 
>once since they were congregated in one place.
>2. Men would be unarmed (possibly it was sacreligious to 
>have weapons in a holy place).
>3. Strictly for the psyhcological impact. How tragic to 
>lose a loved on on a holiday. It's bad enough to have to 
>suffer the death of a love one, but when it occurs on a 
>holiday you will be forever reminded of his/her brutal 
>death when you try to celebrate the holiday each year 
>afterwards.
>
>A criminology group could brainstorm and come up with many 
>more reasons for picking holidays for attacks. It's 
>amazing how intelligent and cunning these ruthless and 
>brutal minds can be. All the more reason we law abidding 
>citizens should study them, past and present so we can be 
>on our guard to protect ourselves from them.
>
>These topics may not be for the tender at heart or the 
>politically correct. However, it is our duty to ourselves 
>and our future generations to study the history of 
>criminal acts.
>
>Just MHO.
>
>Lonny Watro


Lillian Jane Steele