At the end of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” the short story by Washington Irving, the narrator remarks that the tale of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman is “often told about the neighborhood around the winter evening fire.” These days it’s more likely told in October, having become America’s quintessential Halloween horror story—but it’s also a tale that delivers laughs as well as deeper lessons about the defense of communities.

Source: Wall Street Journal October 25, 2019 18:33 UTC