Jonestown

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Jonestown

***** Location: Guyana
***** Season: Wet season
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation


On November 18,1978, 914 persons (American and Guyanese)including children were forced to drink cyanide poison in a fruit drink by Pastor Jones the leader of an American religious cult People's Temple which set up base in the hinterland of Guyana, Port Kaituma.
They were well armed.The cult was under investigation by US state department and a Senator leading the investigation was shot dead by members of the cult; then the poisoning took place. This incident is forever in the memories of Guyanese at this time and this year a Memorial plaque was built to commemorate it. School children laid teddy bears on the site in memory of the children who died.

Kenneth Daniels (Guyana)


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Jonestown was the informal name for the "Peoples Temple Agricultural Project", an intentional community in northwestern Guyana formed by the Peoples Temple, an American cult led by Jim Jones

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teddy bears
laid at the dismal site
Jonestown


©　kenneth daniels (GY)
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