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Liberia’s Dark Day Remembered – allAfrica.com

Liberia’s Dark Day Remembered – allAfrica.com

-Tolbert, 13 Executed Officials Honored

Forty-six years after the violent coup that ended over a century of Americo-Liberian dominance, the nation gathered in solemn reflection to honor the memory of President William R. Tolbert Jr. and 13 senior officials of his administration who were killed during the upheaval, in a memorial ceremony marking the historic tragedy.

The event, hosted at the April 22nd Memorial Park on the grounds of the Liberia Baptist Theological Seminary along ELWA Road in…

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