Salem Witch Trials

When one visits the town of Salem, Massachusetts one feels like they are stepping back in time. This is mainly due to the historic preservation of the memory of the famous Salem witch trials of 1692. Townsfolk were tried, convicted, imprisoned and in many cases executed with evidence that would never be admitted in a modern court because of its absurdity. No one accused was burned, as the common images depict, however, 19 were executed and many …

…that those accused had their good name and rights as citizens restored, a bit late for all those already dead in the religious crossfire of the witchtrials. If one visits Salem today, one can see that the memory of the trials are kept alive by public sites like the famous Salem Witch Museum and tourist shows where some of the famous trial moments are reinacted as well as in books like Arthur Miller's "The Crucible."