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The Short Creek raid is carried out on a polygynous Mormon sect in Arizona

26 jul 1953 · 36.99° N, 112.98° W

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26 jul 1953
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36.99° N, 112.98° W
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The Short Creek raid is carried out on a polygynous Mormon sect in Arizona.

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Short Creek raid

1953 mass arrest in Arizona, US

The Short Creek raid was an Arizona Department of Public Safety and Arizona National Guard action against Mormon fundamentalists that took place on the morning of July 26, 1953, at Short Creek, Arizona. The Short Creek raid was the "largest mass arrest of polygamists in American history". Law enforcement arrested polygamist men and removed children from their families.

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