The Biggest School Massacre America Forgot

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The Biggest School Massacre America Forgot
By Annie Garau on September 28, 2017

When a terror attack hits the headlines, you can usually expect it to remain there for weeks. Media outlets revisit the biggest of them — 9/11, Sandy Hook, Pulse Nightclub — frequently, even as months, years, and decades go by.

It’s surprising, then, that the largest school massacre in American history is one that most of us have never heard of. It’s called the Bath School disaster and it took place on May 18, 1927 in Bath, Michigan.

Seven adults and 38 children died on that day, because a man named Andrew Kehoe was upset about his taxes.

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He tightly packed hundreds of pounds of dynamite into the school’s basement, surrounded the explosives with gunpowder, and then wired the setup to a battery and an alarm clock set for 8:45 a.m.

More: http://all-that-is-interesting.com/bath-school-disaster

In addition to blowing up the school filled with children, Kehoe also blew up his house - with his wife inside - and his truck as he drove it past the destroyed school, killing himself and more people.

All because he did not want to pay taxes to pay for the school in his community.

[underpants]

1. Michigan huh?

Figures

[Salviati]

2. Not a surprise. Right wing terrorism is often brushed under the rug.

[smirkymonkey]

3. Definitely a republican at heart, whatever his affiliation.

[BigmanPigman]

4. Interesting, "the media and public attention moved on after 3 or 4 days"

and attributed it to the work of an obvious "mad man". This applies to what the citizens and media still do today too except for people like Alex Jones and conspiracy nuts.

[yuiyoshida]

5. I keep expecting Alex Jones to go off the deep end

and do something like this.

[Zorro]

8. The bombing became overshadowed a couple of days later

by Charles Lindbergh's solo Atlantic crossing.

[BigmanPigman]

9. Now THAT IS a legitimate distraction.

[DFW]

6. Don't start giving the crazies ideas

Some whack job who trolls DU will get inspired to go Andrew Kehoe one better.

[pansypoo53219]

7. the kock brothers just don't do it w/ bombs.

& reagan & all the other tax cut knobs.