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Nothing can adequately convey the horrors of that nightmare.
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Thousands of elders, women and children were torched in their beds.
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All because of a rumor that King Philip's family was hiding out there.
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They weren't there, and neither were his warriors.
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This was a hysterical, senseless slaughter of neutral Indians.
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By some accounts, this was sacred ground, where fighting was not allowed, and all men were treated as brothers.
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History calls this a fight, I call it a MASSACRE.
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To add insult to injury, the memorials have been vandalized and desecrated.
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The bronze placques have been stolen from the stones, and replaced by graffiti and bullet holes.
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Beer cans and trash are strewn everywhere on these grounds. Shame on the people who do these things.
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I have not visited these places myself, but the wounds cut deep in the collective memory of each succeeding generation of Americans.
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My heartfelt gratitude to James D. Swanson for sharing his experiences and pictures with me, taken back in 1991. Forgive me for altering them with special effects.
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