...Mount Carmel is the infamous land outside Waco, Texas, where David Koresh and his Branch Davidian followers went down in flames in 1993 after a 51-day standoff with the federal government. Charles Pace brought his family there in the hopes of revitalizing the Branch Davidian faith and preserving the memories of those who died there...

...There's a memorial with a stone marker for each of those who died on the property in 1993, as well a small, one-room building slated to be a visitor's museum....

..."There's a lot people who come to find out if this really happened," he says. "[They ask] 'Did this guy really claim to be this, and did he really have these wives?' and yes, I'm the first one to say yes. But it was allowed for him to do that for a reason."...

On this day 14 years ago the 51-day standoff at the Branch Davidian compound came to an end.

At least 80 people died in a fire that broke out at the Mount Carmel compound outside of Waco, including 22 children and Davidian leader, David Koresh...

Approximately 77 cult members, including David Koresh, died in the fire...

...The FBI was criticised for what were seen as heavy-handed tactics...

...In January 1994 11 surviving Branch Davidians were put on trial...

...Five were convicted on the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter...

by Justin Sturken and Mary Dore, ABC News

A 51-day Standoff, Which Began 14 Years Ago Today, Resulted in the Deaths of 74 People, Including 25 Children. What Lessons Have Been Learned?...

...fire consumed the complex on April 19, 1993, after weeks of fruitless talks between Sage and Branch Davidian leader David Koresh...

GRAEME Craddock spent almost half his adult life in a harsh American prison for being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

...As a member of the Branch Davidian sect, he placed his faith in a self-declared "Messiah'' and Lamb of God - a dodgy polygamist named David Koresh, who was stockpiling an arsenal of weapons and ammunition as protection against the apocalyptic prophecies he taught at the cult's home on the wind-swept prairies of central Texas.

Craddock, a quietly spoken schoolteacher...

...Craddock survived...

...charged with conspiracy to murder, aiding and abetting murder and various firearms offences for foolishly taking from Koresh a hand grenade he had no intention of using, and a 9mm Glock pistol to use on himself if need be...

The UK's Channel 4 and the Discovery Channel US have commissioned IMG Media-owned prodco Darlow Smithson Productions to make a docu-drama based on the 1993 Waco siege in Texas.

Inside Waco takes a close look at the blunders and cover-ups surrounding the 51-day siege between the Branch Davidians and the FBI...

...The production is scheduled for transmission later this year.

A handful of surviving Branch Davidians gathered Wednesday at a local restaurant to mark the 13th anniversary of the deadly fire that ended the 51-day standoff with federal agents at Mt. Carmel, outside of Waco...

...Those who did show up Wednesday for a service at the site are forming a new church called The Branch, The Lord, Our Righteousness.

It's the seventh incarnation of the group...

...six men went to federal prison for manslaughter, weapons offenses or both in connection with the Feb. 28, 1993 shootout, which left four federal agents and six Davidians dead.

Once the men are out, they will be under supervised release for three to five years...

An informal memorial service may be held Wednesday at the site of the Branch Davidian compound to mark the 13th anniversary of the fire that killed almost 80 Davidians and ended the 51-day standoff with federal agents, but survivors don�t plan to attend this year, according to the Mt. Carmel Survivors Newsletter.

Fire survivor Clive Doyle wrote that he had hoped the memorial service this year would include some of the Davidians who were released from prison late last year, but said the former prisoners would not be allowed to attend...

Waco, Texas (AP)

Thirteen years after the Branch Davidians' armed standoff with federal agents ended in an inferno that killed nearly 80 people, six sect members who were sent to prison are about to be released from custody...

...In 1993, the 51-day siege at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ended as fire destroyed the structure after federal agents began smashing their way in; dozens of people, including David Koresh, were killed...

The 13th anniversary of the deadly federal raid on the Branch Davidian compound outside of Waco went almost unnoticed Tuesday.

• Biography: David Koresh