Tuesday, April 19, 2022

On This Day In History Or The More Things Change The More They Stay The Same

 At Mount Carmel in Waco, Texas, in 1993 the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) launches a tear-gas assault on the Branch Davidian compound, ending a tense 51-day standoff between the federal government and an armed religious cult. By the end of the day, the compound was burned to the ground, and some 80 Branch Davidians, including 22 children, had perished in the inferno.


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