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Monrovia, April 24, 2024: Family members are in the process of obtaining permits for the exhumation of the remains of slain Liberian President William R. Tolbert, Jr., and 13 other officials killed in the April 12, 1980 coup.
The Liberian Reformation Network Incorporated (LRN), an institution established by children of former Liberian leaders is calling on Liberians to reconcile their differences despite their bitter past.
Share After 41 years, the Tolbert family under the scorching sun gathered to lay wreath and offer prayers to the late President and his fallen former officials. Monrovia – The family of the slain Liberian President, William R. Tolbert, has laid wreaths on the mass grave hosting his remains and the remains of several other former officials of governments in commemoration of their 41 st memorial. Former President Tolbert was killed on April 12, 1980, in a military coup, and April 22 nd, the same year, 13 members of his government were executed, and all of them were buried in a mass grave at t...
Liberia: South Beach Still Haunted by Execution of 13 Former Officials of Tolbert Government Liberia: South Beach Still Haunted by Execution of 13 Former Officials of Tolbert Government Share Monrovia – Lorpu Flomo was only 17-years-old when she witnessed the execution of the 13 former officials of slain President William R. Tolbert’s government on the beach behind the Barclay Training Center, (BTC) by rebels acting on the orders of coup leader Samuel Doe. Haunting, Horrifying Memory Exactly 41 years later, Lorpu, standing at the site of the killings, says the incident is still haunting. ...