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  "path": "/2026/05/10/silas-soule-sand-creek-massacre-colorado-history/",
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    "Coloradans",
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  "textContent": "The Army captain’s letters and testimony helped break through decadeslong efforts to hide the massacre’s brutal truth behind a facade of frontier myth",
  "title": "Silas Soule died for refusing to whitewash the Sand Creek Massacre. His actions are more relevant than ever."
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