Bisbee '17
1,200 striking miners were forcibly removed from their homes during the Bisbee Deportation of 1917, a violent event that shaped the town's history.
“The past is present.”
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1,200 striking miners were forcibly removed from their homes during the Bisbee Deportation of 1917, a violent event that shaped the town's history.
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In Bisbee, Arizona, residents prepare for the centennial of the 1917 deportation, a significant event in their town's history. One hundred years ago, 1,200 striking miners were forcibly removed from their homes and left in the desert. To confront this past, the community stages reenactments of the strike, drawing on personal family histories. The culmination is a large-scale restaging of the deportation on its anniversary, allowing townspeople to engage with their shared history and community identity.
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