19 Messed-Up Facts About US History That I'm Almost Positive You Didn't Learn In Grade School
Briefly

The Haymarket rally's tragic outcome led to the execution of labor activists, exposing a deep injustice within American history, often sanitized in education.
The US Government's extreme response to labor movements, deploying troops to suppress protests, highlights the lengths authorities would go to quash dissent.
The massacre often referred to as a disaster incorrectly diminishes the tragic reality: most victims were innocent women and children.
Mislabeling historical events, such as the massacre of innocent civilians, reveals a tendency to sanitize narratives that conflict with America's heroic self-image.
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