The Centralia Tragedy, also known as the Centralia Conspiracy [2] and the Armistice Day Riot, [3] [4] was a violent and bloody incident that occurred in Centralia, Washington, on November 11, 1919, during a parade celebrating the first anniversary of Armistice Day.

The Centralia Massacre was an incident during the American Civil War in which 24 unarmed U.S. Army soldiers were captured and executed in Centralia, Missouri, on September 27, 1864, by a band of men under the command of the notorious Confederate guerrilla leader "Bloody Bill" …

2003年11月6日 · Four men die in the Centralia Massacre on November 11, 1919. On November 11, 1919, a gunbattle erupts during an Armistice Day parade of American Legionnaires in Centralia, leaving four dead and resulting in the lynching of one member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

2017年11月10日 · Five people died violently that day — four gunned-down veterans and one IWW member, beaten, shot and hanged from a narrow bridge over the Chehalis River. Tensions over labor conditions had been...

2014年9月27日 · From “History of Boone County,” the lengthy 1882 work detailing the early years of the county by newspaper publisher William F. Switzler. This account of the events at Centralia is the longest of...

2025年1月3日 · The ensuing battle would be etched in history by many names—the Armistice Day Riot, the Centralia Massacre, the Centralia Tragedy—each a fitting descriptor for a day marked by violence and bloodshed as it claimed the lives of …

2020年4月10日 · For decades, the event for decades was known as the Centralia Massacre. Today, however, it’s more commonly called the Centralia Tragedy, which draws attention to victims on both sides. Wesley Everest was buried in a pauper’s grave on the edge of town.

The Centralia Tragedy occurred on November 11, 1919, when American Legion members—under the guise of a parade celebrating the first anniversary of the end of World War I—attacked an Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) hall in Centralia, Washington.

2009年2月19日 · On the evening of March 13, 1920, a Montesano jury finds seven defendants involved in the "Centralia Massacre" guilty of the murder of Warren O. Grimm. The men are all members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), a controversial labor union.

It was 1914 when 47 members of the I.W.W., unemployed and homeless, came to Centralia looking for food and shelter. Instead, Centralia residents were deputized, and marched the Wobblies (as I.W.W. members were commonly called) out of town to the local fairgrounds.