Hope you had a miserable Tisha B'Av

Today is the Tisha (9th) of (B') Av (a month in the Hebrew calendar). This is the day the First Temple was destroyed. It was also, coincidentally, the day the Second Temple was destroyed. It was also the day that the twelve scouts that Moses sent into the Promised Land returned with pessimistic reports, causing the Israelites to cry out against the Promised Land, so that God cursed the generation so that they could not enter the Promised Land, resulting in the forty years of wandering in the desert. Also, in 132, the Romans crushed Bar Kohkba's Revolt, capturing Betar on this day and killing over 100,000 Jews. In 133, the Romans destroyed the remains on the Temple Mount after capturing Jerusalem. These are the five main events mourned on Tisha B'av. It's also thought that on this day in 1095, Pope Urban II declared the First Crusade, resulting in the death of 10,000 Jews in the first month alone. In 1290, Jews were expelled from England. In 1492, Jews were expelled from Spain. In 1914, World War I was declared. In 1942, the Warsaw Ghetto was deported to the concentration camps. In 1994, the Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires was bombed. In general, just a lot of bad things. So, the Jews take the day off to fast (no food or water whatsoever for the entire day). They also cannot bathe, apply creams or ointments, or wear leather shoes. They also refuse to greet each other. In effect, happiness is absolutely prohibited. They may gather in synagogues in order to read the book of Lamentations or Job. The only positive aspect of this day is the widespread thought that the Messiah will be born on Tisha B'av - amidst the history of suffering will spring salvation.
So, to commemorate the day, I bought a Coca Cola and Hebrew candy bar and walked to the Tomb of Maimonides. Moses Maimonides was a Jewish philosopher in the 1100's. By his tomb there are also the tombs of three Jewish sages. By the tomb of Maimonides, I took out the Spanish Bible I borrowed from one of the volunteers (it was the best I could find) and read the Book of Lamentaciones.