Ludlow, CO labor monument (# 0043)

On April 19, 1914, the miners in the colony and some of the militia celebrated, together, Greek Orthodox Easter. On the next day, April 20, gunfire between the militia and the striking miners erupted at about 9AM and lasted through the day, ending with a torching of the miner’s tent colony by the militia. To avoid the gunfire, the women and children in the camp hid in dirt basements that had been dug under the tents; the majority of deaths were family members who burned to death in those dirt basements.

Sources: text in above, plus Wikipedia (
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre )