Remembering Howard Baskerville



Howard Baskerville was born in 1885 in Nebraska USA. He was a Teacher at the American missionary in Tabriz Northern Iran ,arriving there 1907 , in the midst of the Iranian Constitutional revolution. The Iranian Constitutional Revolution was suffering heavily and Local paramilitary Leaders like Sattar-Khan and Bagher-Khan were drumming up support in other cities such as Isfahan, Shiraz, Bandar-Abbas, Busher, Mashhad and some other provinces to fight the Royalists

In these hard and volatile times, the contagious revolutionary mood of the time caught up with young Howard and he fought alongside the Nationalists against the Blockade of Tabriz. This blockade was causing much hunger and suffering in those days. Later he led a group of around 100 fighters against the Royalists, in which he was shot and died almost instantly,

Howard C. Baskerville, was in the eyes of the Iranians, the very reason for their affection towards Americans, Bless His sacrifice and Damn those Americans that destroyed Howard Baskerville's legacy in 1953. But he is still honored and respected in Iran,, he is buried in Tabriz. He was 24 years old.

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