<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div class="MsoNormal"><span>The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan is one of the great unsolved mysteries of Michigan history. It involved the deaths of over 70 people - mostly children. It was, whether intended or not, a mass homicide.<br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;" class="MsoNormal">The tragedy evokes a lot of emotion in the area still. It is a really
fascinating event that people continue to study today. </div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">The great Woody Guthrie wrote a famous song based on the
1913 Massacre as it was sometimes called. </div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://1913massacre.com/about-the-song/">http://1913massacre.com/about-the-song/</a></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">There was a film done as well. There is a link, below, for
a synopsis and the trailer for the film including Arlo Guthrie and a bit of the song by Woody
Guthrie, too. Nice film based on the song. Don’t know how it would work with
the live presentation. </div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://1913massacre.com/about/">http://1913massacre.com/about/</a></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Michael D. McGuire<br>Grand Rapids, MI<br>mdmcguire@yahoo.com</span></div><br><div style="font-family: bookman old style, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>