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Over the Labor Day weekend, the town of Rock Springs Wyoming unveiled a statue to commemorate the 28 Chinese miners killed in the Rock Springs Massacre. The statue called Requiem shows a Chinese miner standing in the ruins while holding a dragon flag. The previous monument to the massacre was a small plaque that was easy to miss.
The mayor of Rock springs and the town council are said to have supported the statue. . The Rock Springs Historical Museum held a fund raiser to support the creation of the statue by local artist David Alan Clark. Rock Springs celebrates an international day where it celebrates the diverse origins of its residents.
