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SUMMARY:Chevalier de la Barre Day
DESCRIPTION:Mainly a French observance\, Chevalier de la Barre Day is for all who opposes religious oppression\, marking the execution of the Chevalier de la Barre for impiety. On July 1\, 1766\, church authorities tortured and killed young Jean-Francois de la Barre (the “Chevalier de la Barre” because he held the title of Chevalier or “knight”) for impiety. His reputed “crimes” included not doffing his hat at a religious procession\, singing bawdy songs\, and the possession of banned books by Voltaire\, a famed writer of his day and a leading critic of the Catholic Church. An outraged Voltaire made the execution a cause célèbre\, haunted by “this sentence so execrable\, and at the same time so absurd\, which is an eternal disgrace to France\,” because a key piece of evidence used against La Barre was La Barre’s possession of Voltaire’s Philosophical Dictionary. The Chevalier and two young friends had been accused of defacing a crucifix in the French town of Abbeville. None saw this happen\, but local clergy harassed and harrangued the villagers until a few\, fearing excommunication\, vaguely recalled three youths who had not removed their hats at a recent Catholic procession. They pointed out La Barre and his friends. Once charged\, one of the youths fled to Holland\, and one (only 15 years old) was simply fined. Only the 19 year old La Barre remained. A search of his home turned up three forbidden books. The courts and the church decided they had their ideal suspect. Mercilessly they tortured him\, cut out his tongue\, then decapitated him. Eventually they burned his body on a pyre along with his copy of Voltaire’s book. In 1905\, a statue of Jean-Francois\, Chevalier de la Barre was built in Montmartre\, on the outskirts of Paris. In 1941\, Nazi collaborationists removed it and melted down for munitions for the war effort – while leaving statues of saints and kings intact. In France\, Chevalier de la Barre Day often features demonstrations in his memory. Today\, freethinkers in France and the West experience great freedom in their lives\, but in other cultures still torture and kill freethinkers and disidents for their beliefs. Chevalier de la Barre Day is therefore a day to remember all those men and women persecuted by religion\, and to campaign for the rights of those persecuted today. For more information\, see: Chevalier de la Barre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_de_la_Barre).
URL:https://aofonline.org/event/chevalier-de-la-barre-day/
CATEGORIES:Secular Holiday
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SUMMARY:Indivisible Day
DESCRIPTION:In the state of Minnesota\, former Governor Jess Ventura declared Independence Day to be Indivisible Day\, a day in recognition of the separation of Church and State\, and the vital role it has played in keeping our nation free and whole. For more information\, see https://secularseasons.org/july/indivisible_day.html (https://secularseasons.org/july/indivisible_day.html).  
URL:https://aofonline.org/event/indivisible-day/
CATEGORIES:Secular Holiday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260714T190000
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SUMMARY:Board of Directors Meeting
DESCRIPTION:It’s an AOF planning meeting\, mainly for AOF directors & officers\, but open to all of you. These happen as required and are a lot more fun than they sound. \n \nPlease join us\, meet the Board\, keep an eye on the shenanigans. We love visitors. We often have snacks. And maybe you’ll have some good ideas\, hm? \nNote\, this will be an actual in-person meeting\, so be sure vaccinations are current\, or wear a mask\, or just don’t cough on us. \n\n\nContact :  See our Contact Page\nBring your ideas for AOF\, your strategies\, your event and activity suggestions — best of all\, your volunteerism! Helping hands are the bomb. (A good kind of bomb.)
URL:https://aofonline.org/event/board-of-directors-meeting-3/
LOCATION:Reason Center\, 1300 Ethan Way\, Ste 675\, Sac.\, map (https://goo.gl/maps/S5MR1e8ZodBzb4TG8)\, 1300 Ethan Way\, Ste 675\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95825\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260726T140000
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SUMMARY:Sean O'Brien: a Musical
DESCRIPTION:A musical presentation by Sean O’Brien\, our noted Robert Ingersoll impersonater.  Details TBA.
URL:https://aofonline.org/event/sean-obrien-a-musical/
LOCATION:Reason Center\, 1300 Ethan Way\, Ste 675\, Sac.\, map (https://goo.gl/maps/S5MR1e8ZodBzb4TG8).
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SUMMARY:Irish Music Concert with Sean O’Brien
DESCRIPTION:You remember Sean O’Brien\, right? The Robert Ingersoll guy\, the Poe guy\, right? Wrong. He has talents beyond that. Now he will entertain us with masterful skill on the folk guitar\, Irish pennywhistle and the bodhran\, an ancient Irish drum. It will be a musical concert like none other. It will get your Irish up. And if you miss it\, you have only yourself to blame. \nSean O’Brien has a BA in Theatre Arts and a Masters in Politics.  He began his acting career in NYC at The Irish Arts Center and The Irish Rebel Theatre on the West Side and went on to teach Theatre Arts for thirty years in secondary schools. \nSince retiring\, Sean has performed in theatres throughout the Sacramento region. He created Every Corner Productions\, which includes: “The Portable Poe Show” and “Bob: The Words of Col. Robert Green Ingersoll”\, one-man shows he performs in local schools and other venues such as at the Sacramento History Museum in Old Sacramento this coming fall. \nNo entrance fee for this and free parking (you are so lucky); donations gratefully accepted. Doors open 1:45 pm. OK to bring snacks to share.
URL:https://aofonline.org/event/irish-music-concert-with-sean-obrien/
LOCATION:Reason Center\, 1300 Ethan Way\, Ste 675\, Sac.\, map (https://goo.gl/maps/S5MR1e8ZodBzb4TG8)\, 1300 Ethan Way\, Ste 675\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95825\, United States
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