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WBC is Established
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First Public Service
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Began Actions Against Gays
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WBC Began Travelling Across Country
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Phelps Protests Holocaust Memorial Museum
In 1996, Fred Phelps leads a protest as the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. against Jews. -
Phelps Pickets 5 Churches
On January 25, 2004, Phelps picketed five churches along with the Federal Courthouse for what he stated was "their part in legitimizing same-sex marriages in Iowa." -
WBC Protests Sago Mine
Westboro members protest a memorial for victims of the 2006 Sago Mine disaster. They claimed that the mining accident was "God's revenge against America for its tolerance of homosexuality." -
Gordon Hinckley Funeral
The group picketed the funeral of former LDS Church president ,Gordon B. Hinckley, in Salt Lake City, Utah, displaying picket signs accusing him of being a "lying false prophet." -
41,000 Protests
WestBoro Baptist announces that they've participated in over 41,000 protest in over 650 cities sice they began protesting in 1991. -
WBC Pickets Michael Jackson
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WBC Sandy Hook Picketing
Westboro announces on December 16, 2012, that they will be picketing at the funerals of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting. -
WBC Praises God for the Moore Tornado
On May 20, 2013, Westboro tweeted, praising God for the 2013 Moore tornado and announced that they would be picketing the victims' funerals.
