The Mocking Day Incident
The Mocking Day Incident, also called the Mocking Day Slaughter, was a confrontation in the Territories of Quentin on the holiday Mocking Day, during which confusion resulting from the cancellation of festivities in the Territories resulted in a mass conflict and the deaths of numerous bystanders and citizens. The Order Guard, the domestic police of the Republic of Megatridimensional Order which ruled the Territories at the time, attempted to cover up the incident, and would publicly execute some because of the incident, and widespread conflict between the two nations was avoided. Out of the public eye, however, the Territorial Assembly approved a resolution that would create the Quentinian Declaration of Independence in a session eleven days after the incident.
The incident took place on August 20th, 1820, and resulted largely because of confusion in the Territories as to whether or not the traditional Mocking Day celebrations would be observed. This came after Jameisville first declared that they would not hold festivities on January 11th, and numerous cities followed afterwards, however though most major settlements declared festivities cancelled, the Territorial Assembly never cancelled it for the whole of the territory. This caused confusion, especially with residents from the contiguous MTO, and on August 20th, eight residents from the contiguous states came to the Territorial city of Baltimore to celebrate, unknowingly violating the cancellation. This caused conflict with Quentinians who merely saw crimes being committed, and after the involvement of local police and the Order Guard, nearly 67 people were dead.
Background
Event
The incident started in January of 1820, and as the new year rolled around in the Territories, which stood in widespread dissent with several Acts and taxes were passed, and they would not grant the Territories statehood. So, in 1820, as an act of safety and of rebellion, every city of the Territories declared Mocking Day to be cancelled in August of that year, and that doing any illegal activities on that day would be illegal like any other day. All the citizens were ready to oblige, and it looked like it would be successful. However, in August of 1820 a group of people from the MTO came to Baltimore to celebrate Mocking Day. They thought, as it says in The Barburs Journal, that the competition in the Territories would be less fierce.
They did not know, however, that Mocking Day had been cancelled that year. So, when the day came, they decided to go out and steal from a few people in the local park. However, when they beat up a man and stole his money in an alley, the man's friends came and started fighting the criminals. Then the local Quentinian police became involved, and took the side of the Quentinians. The Megatrine people thought this was unfair, so they called The Order Guard. Soon, an all out gunfight was taking place in Baltimore, with the local police, Order Guard, and hundreds of other Quentinians. Eventually the well armed Order Guards prevailed, and jailed the remaining Quentinians. The incident caused the nation's tension from the past few years to really boil over, and the death toll was outstanding, with over 67 people dying, most of them Quentinians. The event triggered the approval to start work on the Quentinian Declaration of Independence 2 days later, which led directly to The Quentinian War for Independence in 1823.
The Number Seven McCarthy Graveyard
One gain for the Territories and the future USQ was the Number Seven McCarthy Graveyard. After the incident, Kindy Bost-Jameson, along with others, built the graveyard to hold the 345 Quentinians who died. It is still very important today, and holds the bodies of all of the USQ's most important people to live, including Kindy Bost-Jameson, and former Presidents David Wagner and Sam Logan.
