Texas Observer on Nostr: From the archives in 2018: In 1918, a state-sanctioned vigilante force killed 15 ...

From the archives in 2018: In 1918, a state-sanctioned vigilante force killed 15 unarmed Mexicans in Porvenir. When their descendants applied for a historical marker a century later, they learned that not everyone wants to remember one of Texas’ darkest days. https://www.texasobserver.org/who-writes-history-the-fight-to-commemorate-a-massacre-by-the-texas-rangers/

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