Ludlow Massacre Event
The Ludlow massacre was an incident in which 20 people died during an attack by the Colorado National Guard on a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families on 20 April 1914. These deaths occurred after a day-long fight between strikers and the Guard. Two women and eleven children were among the dead.
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