50 years later…
The Kellogg High School Marine Corps JROTC Color Guard kicked off an emotional ceremony at the 50th Anniversary Memorial of the Sunshine Mine Disaster. Roughly 1,000 people attended the ceremony.
Photo by JOSH McDONALD
Ron Thompson sings his original song "When He Comes" during the 50th Anniversary Ceremony on Monday.
Idaho Gov. Brad Little was the keynote speaker for the ceremony on Monday morning.
Multiple sources estimate the crowd grew to nearly 1,000 people for Monday's 50th Anniversary Ceremony at the Sunshine Miners Memorial in Big Creek.
BIG CREEK — 91 hardhats, all of them lined up in rows — sitting atop an empty chair.
Each one of them representing a man...
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