This Halloween, porches from Oceanside to Chula Vista will glow with jack-o’-lanterns and feature children dressed as everything from astronauts to avocados, asking the age-old question: “Trick or treat?”
Few will know they’re celebrating on “All Hallows’ Eve,” the night before All Saints’ Day, which the Catholic Church has kept since the ninth century.
Fewer still will know that Oct. 31 marks a protest that helped establish a principle Americans now take for granted: No authority may compel a person’s conscience.
I know: We moderns aren’t much for history. Indulge me.
Continue reading the entire October 28, 2026 opinion piece at the San Diego Union-Tribune
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