[Pyro7480]

Catholic ping (1 hour in advance in the Eastern Time Zone) for 7 October 2004, the feast day of Our Lady of the Rosary, and the anniversary of the civilization-saving Battle of Lepanto, 7 October 1571.

Past threads on Lepanto:

The Battle of Lepanto (thread from 2001, containing text of G.K. Chesterton poem on Lepanto)
The Naval Battle of Lepanto (2001 thread on the history of the battle)
The Miracle at Lepanto (2002 thread on the religious aspect to the Battle)
Chesterton's Lepanto (2003 thread on the poem)
The Battle of Lepanto (2003 thread, same article as 2001 article on history of the battle, different thread participants)
On This Day In History, The Battle of Lepanto (2003 thread on the history of the battle, from Alex's Military History)
The Battle of Lepanto (2004 thread, article written by Joe Palmwer)

[Mike Fieschko]

Impressive list of FR threads.

[AskStPhilomena]

This doesn't relate directly to the great battle of Lepanto, but it does give some more information on the Holy Crusades (and in particular the First Holy Crusade under Blessed Pope Urban the 2nd)...
http://www.traditioninaction.org/SOD/j031sdUrbanII7-29.htm
Compare the approach of our forefathers in the Faith with the modernist pacifist, UN-supporters now in control.

[Aquinasfan]

Never forget.

[NYer]

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
George Santayana

Thanks for posting those links!

[Dajjal]

Magnus bumpus ad summum!