333 years ago today, July 19, 1692, marked one of the most tragic days in Salem’s history when five innocent women were executed during the Salem Witch Trials. Court records document the “Warrant for the Execution of Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth Howe & Sarah Wildes” carried out on “Tuesday 19th July 1692.” These original court records from the Essex County Court Archives preserve the official documentation of how community accusations led to the loss of five lives in a s