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Robert Forrant

1914 Ludlow Massacre took lives of 25 miners and family members during bitter strike for fair wages and conditions

1914 Ludlow Massacre took lives of 25 miners and family members during bitter strike for fair wages and conditions

(LOWELL, MASS.) On a spring morning in 1914, miners in Ludlow, Colorado, were celebrating Greek Easter when the Colorado National Guard and a private security agency opened fire on their camp with a machine-gun-equipped armored car called the Death Special. The miners waged a pitched battle with the
Robert Forrant, UMass Lowell 20 Apr 2026

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