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Bayard

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2. The monument says, "Battle Ground,"

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Dec 6, 2025, 04:44 PM

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It wasn't. It was a massacre.

I'll always remember the ending of, "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee," where a few survivors were taken to a local church. They lay on the floor under a banner that proclaimed, "Peace On Earth. Goodwill Toward Men."

Thanks for posting, mahatmakanejeeves.

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On November 29, 1864, U.S. forces killed hundreds of indigenous people in the Sand Creek massacre. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Saturday OP

Officers tried to justify the massacre by asserting a false narrative that described Indigenous people as dangerous and underpants Saturday #1

Yup... At least Colorado has denounced this horrific part of their history... hlthe2b Saturday #4

The monument says, "Battle Ground," Bayard Saturday #2

Continues today. Notice how the people in the "drug boats" were trying to "get back underpants Saturday #6

I think that monument has been replaced. The site is officially known as the Sand Creek Massacre National generalbetrayus Saturday #3

I finally found confirmation that it has been removed. generalbetrayus Saturday #5

Yes! Bayard Saturday #7