Mount Carmel Center
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title:
Mount Carmel Center
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The New Mount Carmel Center was a large group of buildings used by the Branch Davidian religious group located near Axtell, Texas, 20 miles (32 km) north-east of Waco. The Branch Davidians were established by Benjamin Roden in 1959 as a breakaway sect from Davidian Seventh-day Adventists, and was later led by David Koresh starting in the 1980s. Named after the Biblical mountain Mount Carmel in Israel, it was the site of the 51-day Waco siege. The siege began on February 28, 1993, when federal ag
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Former home used by the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas, USA
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Carmel_Center
date created:
2006-06-19T07:29:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T23:28:31Z
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