On This Day

Ruins of the Ludlow Colony in the direct aftermath of the massacre

On April 20, 1914 the Colorado National Guard attacked a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families at Ludlow, Colorado. Two women and eleven children were asphyxiated and burned to death. Three union leaders and two strikers were killed by gunfire, along with one child, one passer-by, and one National Guardsman. In response, the miners armed themselves and attacked dozens of mines, destroying property and engaging in several skirmishes with the Colorado National Guard.

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