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Line 1: {{~~Unreferenced~~More citations needed\|date=February 2009}}▼ {{Coord\|18.65\|-74.116\|display=title}}The term '''Jérémie Vespers''' ~~refer~~refers to a massacre that took place in August, September and October 1964 in the [[Duvalier dynasty\|Haiti]]an town of [[Jérémie]]. It took place after a group of 13 young Haitians calling themselves "[[Jeune Haiti]]" landed on August 6, 1964 at Petite-Rivière-de-Dame-Marie with the intention of overthrowing the regime of [[François Duvalier\|François 'Papa Doc' Duvalier]].<ref name="Peschanski2015">{{cite journal\|last1=Peschanski\|first1=João Alexandre\|title=State-Middleman Violence: Making Sense of Crimes in Papa Doc s Haiti\|journal=Teoria e Pesquisa\|volume=24\|issue=1\|year=2015\|pages=96–104\|issn=0104-0103\|doi=10.4322/tp.24108\|doi-access=free}}</ref>▼ The ~~members of "Jeune Haiti"~~victims were killed one by one inby ~~combat with~~the [[~~Military of~~Tonton ~~Haiti~~Macoutes\|~~Haiti's~~Haitian ~~army~~Army]], until the last two survivors, Louis Drouin and Marcel Numa~~, out of ammunition~~, were captured alive, brought back to [[Port-au-Prince]] and shot in public against ~~the~~a cemetery wall on November 12, 1964.▼ ▲{{Unreferenced\|date=February 2009}} ==Terminology== ▲The '''Jérémie Vespers''' refer to a massacre that took place in August, September and October 1964 in the [[Haiti]]an town of [[Jérémie]]. It took place after a group of 13 young Haitians calling themselves "[[Jeune Haiti]]" landed on August 6, 1964 at Petite-Rivière-de-Dame-Marie with the intention of overthrowing the regime of [[François Duvalier\|François 'Papa Doc' Duvalier]]. The 13 were: Max Armand, his brother Jacques Armand, Gérald Marie Brierre, Miko Chandler, Louis Drouin, Charles Forbin, Jean Gerdes, Réginald Jourdan, Yvon Laraque, Marcel Numa, Roland Rigaud, Gusley Villedrouin and Jacques Wadestrand. ~~==Outcome==~~ The massacre was called the "vespers" because many of the families killed by the regime are remembered as the families who took many aforementioned "vesper" picnic excursions. == Victims == Several of the group were from the town of Jérémie. During two months ~~they~~that the army and the resistance group fought in the hills, the regime ordered the arrest and murder of Jeune Haiti's family members. 27 people were murdered, ranging in age from 85-year-old Mrs Chenier Villedrouin to 2-year-old Régine Sansaricq. The murdered were: Line 17 ⟶ 16: * Guy Drouin, brother of Louis Drouin Jr. * Alice Drouin, sister of Louis Drouin Jr. * Gérard Guilbaud, Alice's husband * Mrs. Chenier Villedrouin (née Corinne Sansaricq) (85 years old), mother of Guy and Victor Villedrouin * Victor Villedrouin Line 24 ⟶ 23: * Guy Villedrouin, brother of Victor Villedrouin * Adeline Chassagne, Victor Villedrouin's wife, and the aunt of Canadian indie rock band [[Arcade Fire]]'s [[Régine Chassagne]] * Lisa Villedrouin (18 years old), their daughter * Frantz Villedrouin (16 years old) their son * Pierre Sansaricq Line 40 ⟶ 39: * Régine Sansaricq (2 years old), daughter of Jean-Claude and Graziela * Pierre-Richard Sansaricq * Alphonze Bazile, ~~Son~~son of Pierre and Vesta Bazile ▲The members of "Jeune Haiti" were killed one by one in combat with [[Military of Haiti\|Haiti's army]], until the last two survivors, Louis Drouin and Marcel Numa, out of ammunition, were captured alive, brought back to [[Port-au-Prince]] and shot in public against the cemetery wall on November 12, 1964. == See also == * [[~~List of massacres~~Crime in Haiti]] * [[Fort Dimanche]] * [[Tonton Macoutes\|Volontaires de la Sécurité Nationale (Haitian secret police)]] * Bishop [[Guy Sansaricq]], the Catholic bishop whose cousins were among the victims and who opposed the Duvalier regime == References == Line 53: *[http://www.fordi9.com/Pages/gallery3Les13.html Fordi9.com - The 13 of "Jeune Haiti"] ~~{{coord missing\|Haiti}}~~ ~~{{DEFAULTSORT:Jeremie Vespers}}~~ [[Category:1964 in Haiti]] [[Category:History of Haiti]]▼ [[Category:Mass murder in 1964]] ▲[[Category:~~History~~Massacres ofin ~~Haiti~~1964]] [[Category:Massacres in Haiti]] [[Category:August 1964 events in North America]] [[Category:September 1964 events in North America]] [[Category:October 1964 events in North America]] [[Category:Grand'Anse (department)]]