Mr. Richard Tolbert and scores of other relatives laid wreath on the mass grave that hosts the 13 men that were executed on April 22, 1980Monrovia – Relatives of 13 men killed on April 22, 1980, have bestowed honor on the mass grave hosting their remains 41 years after they were executed on the order of the then Liberian President Samuel K. Doe. Ten days after the coup and assassination of former President Williams R. Tolbert, 13 of his officials were executed and were buried in a mass grave on Center Street in Monrovia. Madam Cooper added: “Many of you do not know the role that these men played in forming AU, ECOWAS, African Development Bank, the Mano River Union. Many of you do not know the role these men played in forming African liberation. Reeves promised to give their support to whatever project that will be initiated by relatives of the late 13 men.
