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Posted on 5/15/18 at 12:13 pm to
Posted by meansonny
ATL
Member since Sep 2012
25999 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 12:13 pm to
My current hometown is the only city where City Hall has a working moonshine distillery in it.

We also claim the birthplace of stock car racing (not because of the races... but because of the shine).
Posted by dpd901
South Louisiana
Member since Apr 2011
7538 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 12:24 pm to
The Thibodaux Massacre

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On November 23, 1887, a mass shooting of African-American farm workers in Louisiana left some 60 dead. Bodies were dumped in unmarked graves while the white press cheered a victory against a fledgling black union. It was one of the bloodiest days in United States labor history, Read more: LINK Give the gift of Smithsonian magazine for only $12! LINK Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter


Posted by kook
Berrytown
Member since Sep 2013
1917 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 12:27 pm to
My high school had 2 janitors. One was a Bataan survivor. He was always half running everywhere he went.

The other was a Vietnam vet, and one of only 33 to escape from Jonestown. His wife and child died there.
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