Thirty Years Later, Ghosts of Jonestown Live On »
Posted By Jayson 1 year ago in ReligionIn life, the approximately 900 people who followed the Rev. 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, the names of those members of the Peoples Temple will echo in public again during a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of their deaths. Their names will be unveiled on a memorial and read aloud during a "Speaking Their Names" ceremony at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco.
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