Atlanta around 1974, anyone remember about a preaching centre with Rupanuga? Options

[Sita]

Does anyone know anything about a very small preaching centre in (I think) Atlanta that Rupanuga started with a few brahmacaris after they disbanded the In God We Trust campaign? I recall stopping off there in January or February or March 1974, and then shortly after there was an incident where some nutter(s) threw molotov cocktails onto the porch while they were sleeping. At least one brahmacari's sleeping bag caught fire and I believe he died. I can't seem to find anything about this on any of the ISKCON sites, or in newspaper archive sites -- but perhaps I've got dates and places confused and/or am searching with the wrong terms. Does anyone know where I could find out more about this? Or perhaps were any of you there?

[ombudsman]

Does anyone know anything about a very small preaching centre in (I think) Atlanta that Rupanuga started with a few brahmacaris after they disbanded the In God We Trust campaign? I recall stopping off there in January or February or March 1974, and then shortly after there was an incident where some nutter(s) threw molotov cocktails onto the porch while they were sleeping. At least one brahmacari's sleeping bag caught fire and I believe he died. I can't seem to find anything about this on any of the ISKCON sites, or in newspaper archive sites -- but perhaps I've got dates and places confused and/or am searching with the wrong terms. Does anyone know where I could find out more about this? Or perhaps were any of you there?

I was in Atlanta for a bit, possibly after you passed through there, seeing as I went to Atlanta after being in Knoxville, Tennessee, where and when the fire bombing occurred. My memory of details the Atlanta part is fuzzy, but most of the Knoxville part stands in crystal-clear perspective. Brajajana dasa was the mind-blowingly spiritually conscious person who passed away in the fire. He was indeed the only one who passed away, from his sleeping bag igniting.

[Sita]

Does anyone know anything about a very small preaching centre in (I think) Atlanta that Rupanuga started with a few brahmacaris after they disbanded the In God We Trust campaign? I recall stopping off there in January or February or March 1974, and then shortly after there was an incident where some nutter(s) threw molotov cocktails onto the porch while they were sleeping. At least one brahmacari's sleeping bag caught fire and I believe he died. I can't seem to find anything about this on any of the ISKCON sites, or in newspaper archive sites -- but perhaps I've got dates and places confused and/or am searching with the wrong terms. Does anyone know where I could find out more about this? Or perhaps were any of you there?

I was in Atlanta for a bit, possibly after you passed through there, seeing as I went to Atlanta after being in Knoxville, Tennessee, where and when the fire bombing occurred. My memory of details the Atlanta part is fuzzy, but most of the Knoxville part stands in crystal-clear perspective. Brajajana dasa was the mind-blowingly spiritually conscious person who passed away in the fire. He was indeed the only one who passed away, from his sleeping bag igniting.

Thank you very much for this. It's quite possibly Knoxville I went to, and perhaps you do remember the visit (if indeed that's where I went). I'd passed through there with Jagajivan enroute to Puerto Rico to see Rupanuga. Would he have been in Knoxville? I recall an initiation (perhaps second?) yagna happening then. As I recall we heard about the fire when we arrived in San Juan. Could you give me some details of the building and how many people were there? I recall only brahmacaris and Rupanuga, but I might be wrong. (I want to incorporate the scene in something I'm writing...)