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clyde barrow’s grave
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After Bonnie and Clyde were gunned down in Bienville Parish, Louisiana by lawman Frank Hamer's possee, Clyde Barrow was laid to rest in Western Heights Cemetery on May 25th, 1934. He was 25 years old.
Clyde was buried next to his brother, Marvin "Buck" Barrow, and the two of them share a tombstone engraved with the epitaph:
"Gone but not forgotten."
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Bonnie and Clyde (and The Barrow Gang) robbed the Okabena Bank on May 19, 1933. Gunfire was exchanged, but they escaped with $2500.
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For twelve days in 1933, neighbors witnessed suspicious activity at this apartment above the two-car garage on the corner of 34th St and Oak Ridge Drive in Joplin, MO. The Barrow Gang (Bonnie Parker, Clyde Barrow, brother Buck Barrow and his wife, Blanche Barrow) played cards and drank here between robberies in Missouri and the surrounding states. Clyde accidentally set off his Browning automatic rifle here while cleaning.
On April 13, 1933, a group of five law enforcement officers surrounded the building, thinking they were about to break up a bootlegging ring. Bonnie and Clyde and the Barrow Gang shot their way out, killing two officers.
Behind they left most of their possessions, including an undeveloped roll of film that produced the iconic cigar-smoking Bonnie photos.
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Nobel laureate and president of South Africa, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (July 18, 1918-Dec 5, 2013), served 18 years of his 27 years in prison for sabotage against the apartheid government on Robben Island off the coast of South Africa.
21 years in captivity
Shoes too small to fit his feet
His body abused, but his mind is still free
You're so blind that you cannot see-
"Nelson Mandela", The Specials
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Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife, Marina, were renting the upstairs apartment of this duplex at the time of the Kennedy assassination.
In the backyard, Marina took a picture of Lee Harvey with a rifle that was widely circulated after the event. Conspiracy theorists note that the shadow on Oswald's face appears to be at noon, while the remaining shadows appear to be in the afternoon.
Oswald was separated from Marina at the time of the JFK assassination and was living at 1026 North Beckley Avenue.
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