(Herrin, IL) — A new monument that remembers the victims of the Herrin Massacre has been erected. Seventeen men were buried at the Herrin City Cemetery after being killed by a mob during a union strike at the Southern Illinois Coal Mine almost 93 years ago. A group of unmarked graves was discovered two years ago.
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Jim McCabe/dcr IL) STL) MO) SCC)
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