Columbine Mine massacre Serene for two weeks, for the Columbine was one of the few coal mines in the state to remain in operation. On November 21, 1927, five hundred miners, some accompanied by their wives and children, arrived at the north gate just before dawn. They carried three Flags of the United States. At the direction of Josephine Roche, daughter of the recently- deceased owner of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company, the picketers had been served coffee and doughnuts on previous mornings. That morning, the recently-disbanded state police, also known as the Colorado Rangers, were recalled to duty and would meet the
Columbine High School massacre public rituals of humiliation." One author argues Columbine was only increasingly linked to terrorism after the September 11 attacks. On the Basement Tapes, Harris claimed they would "kick-start a revolution". Klebold wore a Soviet Union pin on his boots during the massacre. The attack occurred on April 20, Adolf Hitler's birthday, which led to speculation in the media that the attack was political. Some people, such as Robyn Anderson, stated that the pair were not obsessed with Nazism nor did they worship or admire Hitler in any way. Anderson stated, in retrospect, that there were many things the pair did