Emiliano Zapata's funeral was held, which was a bit odd as it was held on a Sunday.
Lots of funerals were about to be held in the British Indian punjab region following a British commanded massacre of protesters at Jallianwallah Bagh in that region.
The area of the massacre some months later.
The British action was a gross overreaction to the gathering of a protest. Native troops of various ethnicities were ordered to fire on the collected protesters and continued to do so for about ten minutes. The protesters were trapped in a public garden area as all exists had been sealed off. Death estimates vary, but somewhere between 370 to 1,600 people were killed.
Not surprisingly, the details are somewhat sketchy. The protest was at least initially peaceful and had gathered to protest the deportation of two Indian national leaders. The crowd may have grown defiant. At any rate, things went grossly wrong.
Abandoned French huts in use by French returnees at Equancourt, France.
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