In September of 1934, striking workers in Rhode Island
fought a week-long street battle against the Rhode Island
National Guard in the tiny mill village of Saylesville. Two
workers were killed and dozens seriously wounded when
Rhode Island Governor T.F. Green ordered the soldiers to
restore order. But the facts leading up to the Saylesville
Massacre are murky at best. The Battle of the Gravestones &
the Saylesville Massacre...
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