The 40 year anniversary of the event that gave us the phrase "Drinking the Kool-Aid"
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Jonestown Memorials Held at Cemetery With Remains of 400
Ceremonies at a California cemetery marked the mass murders and suicides 40 years ago of 900 Americans orchestrated by the Rev. Jim Jones at a jungle settlement in Guyana, South America.
The remains of more than 400 Jonestown victims are buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland.
Jones’ adopted son Jim Jones Jr. and other former Peoples Temple members conducted a service Sunday at granite slabs bearing names of all 918 who died in Guyana on Nov. 18, 1978.
Minister Jynona Norwood, who lost 27 relatives, separately unveiled a portable memorial wall to honor more than 300 children and other victims. She left off the names of Jones and those she says assisted him.
Both memorials list California Congressman Leo Ryan, three newsmen and a church defector killed by temple gunmen at an airstrip.
Where were you? How old were you? Memories? Et cetera!
I remember how shocking the news was. People I knew were shaken by the idea that so many people could be so tragically taken in by a mass delusion (prior to more of the facts eventually coming out).
29 – at my parent’s house in Cincinnati. We were living in Grand Rapids attending seminary
I was living in the UK, but as providence has it I now reside in Redwood Valley, CA. where there are still folks around who remember Jones vividly
Dr. Paul Henebury
I am Founder of Telos Ministries, and Senior Pastor at Agape Bible Church in N. Ca.
I won’t tell you how old I was …
Tyler is a pastor in Olympia, WA and works in State government.
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