Three decades later, memories of Jonestown tragedy linger
WASHINGTON (RNS) -- In life, the 900 people who followed Jim Jones to build a utopian commune in the South American jungle in 1977 were relatively anonymous. But in death, the Jonestown pilgrims became front-page news when they died a year later after following Jones' order to drink punch laced with poison. On Nov. 18,...
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