History Rhymes

Today’s prompt: “Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492. Write some other short rhymes or mnemonics about historic events or important facts that a schoolkid might have to learn.”

On June 19, 1865, for all slaves, freedom came alive.

In 1965, on Bloody Sunday, John Lewis marched for equality one day.

In 2020, Cthulhu came by and ate [insert-your-name] on rye.