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Hot air, balloons, and (mostly) liturgy news

The Tuesday Pillar Post

JD Flynn
Jan 10, 2023
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Hot air, balloons, and (mostly) liturgy news

Hey everybody,

Today is Tuesday of the First Week of Ordinary Time, and you’re reading The Tuesday Pillar Post.

But before we get started with the news, I thought you’d like to know about Jean Pierre Blanchard, and the first balloon flight in the United States, which took place 230 years ago yesterday, on Jan. 9, 1793.

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