Remembering Quantrill’s victims
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Civil War era re-enactors Jacque Stroud and her husband, Dr. Hershel Stroud, of Topeka, and Roy and Kathy Lafferty, of Lawrence, participate in a vigil for the victims of Quantrill’s Raid. Thursday evening’s vigil at Oak Hill Cemetery commemorated the anniversary of the raid, in which Lawrence was attacked by a group led by William Quantrill. More than 150 people were killed in the Aug. 21, 1863, attack.
Civil War era re-enactors, from left, Jacque Stroud and her husband, Dr. Hershel Stroud, of Topeka, and Roy and Kathy Lafferty, of Lawrence, participate in a vigil for the victims of Quantrill's Raid. Thursday evening's vigil at Oak Hill Cemetery commemorated the anniversary of the raid, in which Lawrence was attacked by a group led by William Quantrill. More than 150 people were killed in the Aug. 21, 1863, attack.
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