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Research Paper On The Bath School Massacre

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The Bath School Disaster The deadliest school related massacre in American history happened on May 18, 1927 on a Wednesday. When Andrew Kehoe; a school board member at the Bath School, located in Bath Township Michigan. Kehoe had gotten upset about a rise in taxes. The taxes, he believed, caused his farm to go bankrupt (Boissoneault). The Bath School community was shocked when Andrew Kehoe, a school employee, planned a massacre at the school that killed innocent people because he was upset over a property tax issue. After a month of planing Andrew had set up bombs in the basement of the school (Greco). When he pressed the detonator, though, only half of the bombs detonated. This caused the west wing of the building to collapse.
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