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Centennial Apache Freedom Run
Apr 1, 2013
Fort Sill, Oklahoma, USA
Apr 5, 2013
Mescalero, New Mexico, USA
Of all the American Indian Nations who were defeated by or surrendered to the United States government, according to #ApacheFreedomRun, the Chiricahua Apache were the last to surrender and so they were held captive the longest, for more than 27 years in the harshest conditions. Out of the thousands of prisoners of war, only 250 survived the unimaginable ordeal when they were finally released in April 1913. Their story of survival and perseverance was honored and remembered through 2013 with the annual Centennial Apache Freedom Run. The Centennial Apache Freedom Run marked 100 years of freedom for the Chiricahua Apache...


