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By Steve Masler, August 25, 2017
It was a Struggle for Freedom For Dignity and For Equality Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| | The City of Memphis recognizes the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees AFL-CIO Local 1733 as the designated representative for the Division of Public Works for the purpose of negotiations on wages hours and conditions of . . . — — Map (db m107458) HM |
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Inside his home here at 968 Meagher, Joe Warren, a city sanitation worker, hosted strategy meetings with fellow workers in 1968 to plan what would become a historic strike against the City of Memphis. The strike would protest the firing of 33 . . . — — Map (db m149042) HM |
| | Side 1 On February 1, 1968, sanitation workers Echol Cole and Robert Walker took shelter from the rain inside their truck's garbage barrel because they had no raincoats. One block south of here, at the corner of Colonial and Verne, the . . . — — Map (db m83491) HM |
| | During the 1930s, San Antonio native Emma Tenayuca was a prominent leader of a movement that fought deplorable working conditions, discrimination and unfair wages on behalf of the city's working poor. As a child, Tenayuca had often visited the Plaza . . . — — Map (db m81175) HM |
| | In the 1870s native Tejanos organized Sociedades Mutualistas, mutual aid societies designed to protect their interests from the growing Anglo population of Texas. Although most of the early settlers of this area were of English, French, and . . . — — Map (db m118079) HM |
| | A native of Scotland, Martin Irons (1833-1900) came to the United States at the age of fourteen as a machinist's apprentice. After learning the trade, he lived and worked in numerous places throughout the country. By 1884,he was employed as a . . . — — Map (db m150677) HM |
| | Born in the slave quarters of Sunnyside Plantation (3.2 mi.SE), Cuney displayed such intelligence as a boy that in 1859 he was sent to Wiley Street School for Negroes in Pittsburgh, PA. On returning to Texas after the Civil War, he studied . . . — — Map (db m157641) HM |
| | “Light Horse Harry” Lee, Revolutionary War officer, owned this land in 1784. The house was built in 1785 by Phillip Fendall, a Lee relative. Renovated in 1850 in the Greek Revival style, the house remained in the Lee family until 1903. . . . — — Map (db m8567) HM |
| | Schoolfield, established in 1903 as a textile mill village, was named for three brothers who founded Riverside Cotton Mills, later Dan River Mills. By the 1920s, this company town—complete with a school, churches, stores, a theatre, and other . . . — — Map (db m66051) HM |
| | In the years before motor vehicles came to dominate transportation, business was never better for the Washington & Old Dominion Railway. Demand for passenger and freight service boomed, while the W&OD's owners balked at spending the money necessary . . . — — Map (db m44101) HM |
| | The cupola furnace was last used here as part of the carwheel foundry, where railroad carwheels were cast until the 1950’s. The wall in front of you is the back wall of the building, and the arch behind you is the remains of the front wall of the . . . — — Map (db m24135) HM |
| | "By virtue of the authority vested in me as president of the United States...the Massanutten Unit of George Washington National Forest is hereby designated as the Robert Fechner Memorial Forest in honor of Robert Fechner, the first director of the . . . — — Map (db m65487) HM |
| | Construction of the Cape Henry Lighthouse was authorized by the First United States Congress on August 7, 1789.
President George Washington personally reviewed bids in January, 1791 and chose John McCombs, a New York Bricklayer, as contractor. . . . — — Map (db m77577) HM |
| | Roundhouses and Shops. The B&O Railroad reached Martinsburg in 1842,
and by 1849, a roundhouse and shops were
built. These first buildings were burned by
Confederate troops in 1862. The present west
roundhouse and the two shops were built . . . — — Map (db m1197) HM |
| | 1913-Union organizer Mary "Mother" Jones imprisoned in Pratt.
1913-Approximate location of the striking miners tent colony that was fired on by mine guards wielding a machine gun mounted on the "Bull Moose" special train
1919-7 miners are . . . — — Map (db m34438) HM |
| | Coal companies often paid miners in scrip, a form of private money, each coal company issuing their own scrip. So that it would not be confused with American currency, most of the coins had some sort of hole in the middle. Company allowed miners to . . . — — Map (db m140440) HM |
| | “Say a prayer for those who died in darkness so we may enjoy the sunlight.” —Inscription on the miners’ memorial in Whipple erected by the Knights of Columbus.
The most dreaded sound in the coal
camp was when the . . . — — Map (db m140365) HM |
| | The United Mine Workers of America sought to protect coal
miners and began to agitate for better working conditions
throughout the nation. But, it was difficult to organize the West
Virginia miners’ union because of the ultimate control . . . — — Map (db m140168) HM |
| | In the late 1800s, speculators, mining companies and investors were attracted to the vast,
untapped seams of coal lying under the West
Virginia mountains. The first coal operators
created company towns, or coal camps, where
everything was . . . — — Map (db m140429) HM |
| | Pioneers settled the White Oak Valley in the 1800s. In 1892 the mineral rights were sold and the White Oak Fuel Company and the Whipple Colliery Company sunk five mine shafts at Whipple, Carlisle, Oakwood, Scarbro and Wingrove. Each of the five coal . . . — — Map (db m140403) HM |
| | Jefferson County's Most Famous Trial
In the room immediately behind this wall, the abolitionist John Brown and five of his raiders were tried for treason against the state of Virginia, murder and inciting slaves to rebel. Brown had led 21 men . . . — — Map (db m21767) HM |
| | Born in Kanawha County on 19 September 1892. Began work as a miner at age ten, and served as field organizer, UMWA. Noted as leader of 1921 Armed March. Indicted for treason but later acquitted. President of District 17 and vice-president of West . . . — — Map (db m23011) HM |
| | Armor-plated train used against striking miners during the Paint
Creek-Cabin Creek Strike. On February 7, 1913, coal operator Quin Morton, Sheriff Bonner Hill, and several railroad men and deputies, armed with rifles and machine gun, rode train . . . — — Map (db m137833) HM |
| | The town of Holly Grove first came into prominence during the 1912-1913 coal strike and mine war. This was the location of a major tent colony that was established when the Paint Creek miners were evicted from their homes by the coal companies. Fred . . . — — Map (db m137834) HM |
| | This kiosk is dedicated to the thousands of people who once called Paint Creek their home. Here are some images of different people and places along Paint Creek during the first half of the 20th century. During coal’s heyday, the towns were located . . . — — Map (db m137757) HM |
| | In August of 1921, 7000 striking miners led by Bill Blizzard met at Marmet for a march on Logan to organize the southern coalfields for the UMWA. Reaching Blair Mt. on August 31, they were repelled by deputies and mine guards, under Sheriff Don . . . — — Map (db m49915) HM |
| | Matewan and the surrounding area have a rich and sometimes violent history that revolves around coal, the railroad and flooding. In the early 19th century, the Ferrell family settled in the area along the northern edge of Tug Fork and a then-unnamed . . . — — Map (db m87949) HM |
| | In 1920 area miners went on strike to gain recognition of UMWA. On May 19 of the same year, twelve Baldwin-Felts Agency guards came from Bluefield to evict the minsters from company houses. As guards left town, they argued with town . . . — — Map (db m156164) HM |
| | In 1920, many area miners joined the UMWA. On May 19, 13 Baldwin-Felts agents evicted union miners from Stone Coal Company houses. As agents prepared to entrain, an argument between Police Chief Sid Hatfield, Mayor C.C. Testerman and . . . — — Map (db m156175) HM |
| | The son of German immigrants, Reuther was born 1 September 1907 in Wheeling, Influenced by his father's work in the labor movement, he moved to Detroit, where he worked for Ford and organized auto workers. One of 20th century's most influential . . . — — Map (db m78484) HM |
| | Erected by Trade Union Members of United States in memory of Augustus Pollack whose business life and actions were always in sympathy with organized labor. — — Map (db m16250) HM |
| | Operating in Wheeling for over 161 years, Marsh Wheeling Stogies was the oldest continuous cigar manufacturing operation in the United States. Reflecting Wheeling's early pioneer heritage and spirit, these stogies and their boxes became a symbol of . . . — — Map (db m71129) HM |
| | In 1946, Walter P. Reuther became president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) and in 1952 became president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). He is still seen as a working-class-hero in the struggle for economic and social justice. . . . — — Map (db m71222) HM |
| | Born in Wheeling on September 1, 1907, fittingly just one day before Labor Day. Walter P. Reuther (1907-1970), went on to become one of the most innovative, influential, and charismatic labor leaders of the 20th Century. Walter Reuther's father, . . . — — Map (db m71223) HM |
| | Room for one. From the coal camp in Helen, WV, this one room dwelling dates back to the early 1920s. It was built for and occupied by a single miner or a married miner living away from home while working in the coal mines during a work week. The . . . — — Map (db m86376) HM |
| | Pocahontas Fuel Company coal mining town, 1916,
named for Isaac T. Mann, President. Italian stonemasons built large Company store/office building, 1923-1925
on plans of Alex Mahood, a noted West Virginia architect. Placed on National Register in . . . — — Map (db m138396) HM |
| | Near this site in Bay View stood the Milwaukee Iron Company rolling mill, the first major heavy industry in the region and an important producer of iron and steel for the Midwest. The mill, which opened in 1868, transformed ore from Dodge County and . . . — — Map (db m75452) HM |
| | Unions were established in the Wyoming coal fields for several reasons. In part, they developed due to the dangers found underground in coal mines, the lack of fair wages and the fact that coal companies often controlled a man's life from cradle to . . . — — Map (db m92217) HM |
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Der Selige Anton Maria Schwartz
Gründer Der Kalasantinerkongregation
Arbeiterapostel von Wien lebte 1871-75 als
Priesterseminarist in diesem Hause
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(English translation:) The blessed Anton Maria Schwartz, . . . — — Map (db m144962) HM |
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In diesem Haus fanden ab 1888
unter Vorsitz des Initiators
der österreichischen Sozialpolitik
Karl Freiherr von Vogelsang
1818 - 1890
die berühmten 'Entenabende' statt
Diese waren Keimzelle der
Christlichen Sozialbewegung . . . — — Map (db m121644) HM |
| | Born January 19, 1897 - Died April 14, 1975
Was a member of the Unemployed Brigade that
demonstrated for more work and better pay.
He carried on the cause when its leaders gave up hope
and resigned. He stated "I'd rather be a dead hero . . . — — Map (db m81221) HM |
| | English on left
They came from homes still standing in Milltown and St. Stephens. They were joined by experienced textile workers from England, Scotland, America and French Canada. They included young women, recruited from small towns and . . . — — Map (db m77234) HM |
| | (panel 1) In March of 1925, the members of District 26, United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) were earning an average of $3.70 per day. The pits had worked only part time for the past twenty-four months and the miners had been through a . . . — — Map (db m151636) HM |
| | William Davis, a miner, with the British Empire Steel Corporation (BESCO), was employed at the No. 12 Colliery, New Waterford. In 1920, BESCO management began a targeted campaign to break the union. There were 58 strikes in the Sydney Coal Field . . . — — Map (db m151725) HM |
| | Commercial coal mining began in Port Morien in 1720 after a mine had been opened to supply The Fortress at Louisbourg. This was the first commercial coal mine in North America. After the English victory at Louisbourg in 1758, the mine remained in . . . — — Map (db m139293) HM |
| | English: Margaree is the proud birthplace of Dr. Moses Coady (1882-1959) and his double first cousin and mentor, Father Jimmy Tompkins (1870-1853), two men who devoted themselves to improving the minds and lives of the poor and uneducated. . . . — — Map (db m80070) HM |
| | This interpretive panel erected on July 11, 2019 to commemorate the designation by Trenton Town Council of this area as a Trenton Heritage Site, where the first successful commercial pouring of Steel in Canada occurred in 1883, within the Steel . . . — — Map (db m150403) HM |
| | English:
“Joe Beef’s may be low, it is certainly dirty on the cellar and ground floors; and the value of such a place to the city may be questioned, but let one thing be remembered - many a tired head has found rest; many a hungry . . . — — Map (db m82114) HM |
| | In Czech:
Zde žil a zemřel slavný český malíř
Vojtěch Hynais
Tvůrce opony národního divadla
Svemu čestnemu předsedovi jednota umělců výtvar. v praze.
Translated, the marker . . . — — Map (db m22657) HM |
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Aftenen før
slaget på fælleden
5. maj 1872 talte Louis Pio,
grundlæggeren af den dankse
arbejderbevægelse, fra 2. sal i
dette hus til menneskemængden
i Lille Kirkstræde
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(English . . . — — Map (db m124216) HM |
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I dette hus havde
de Samvirkende Fagforbund (LO)
dere første domicil
1898-1900
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(English translation:)
In this building the Cooperative Trade Union (LO) had its first home, 1898-1900. — — Map (db m127650) HM |
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Eternal Glory
The great son of the German people,
the leader the German working class
Ernst Thälmann
on 18th August 1944
at this point of fascism
was murdered
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Ewiger . . . — — Map (db m76540) HM WM |
| | This corner stone was laid by the President of the Grenada Seamen and Waterfront Workers’ Union Bro. Arthur Ramsay on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Union on the 1st. May 1977. — — Map (db m135182) HM |
| | Cincuentenario del I.G.S.S. 1946-1996 La Revolucion de Octubre vive por encima y mas alla de cualesquiera de sus hijos mas significados: pertenece al pueblo y constituye su mas alto patrimonio y la noble bandera de Guatemala Luis . . . — — Map (db m116230) HM WM |
| | En este lugar fue vilmente asesinada la maestra "Maria Chinchilla" el Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Educacion de Guatemala - STEG le rinde un homenaje postumo en el cincuentenario de su fallecimiento Guatemala, 25 de junio de 1994 . . . — — Map (db m95878) HM |
| | La Corporacion Municipal de Quetzaltenango y Comision Pro Centenario Expo Feria 1891-1991 deja testimonio y rinde homenaje a 80 artesanos y al Alcalde de la ciudad Lic. Manuel Estrada Cabrera, que el 27 de julio de 1891 fundan La . . . — — Map (db m128742) HM |
| | Author of “The Red Flag”
which became the anthem of the
International Labour Movement
Born Rathniska, Kilskyre 1852
Died Lewisham, London 1929
Oh, grant me an ownerless corner of earth,
Or pick me a hillock of stones, . . . — — Map (db m27347) HM |
| | English Text:
The conquests of Alexander the Great (3rd c. BCE) brought the Greeks to the East, and to Banyas. The Greeks were taken by the natural beauty of the site, touched particularly by the cave in which the springs welled. It is . . . — — Map (db m64764) HM |
| | Año 1530 Templo y Convento de la Concepcion Este pequeño convento, pertenecio al templo arriba mencionado donde las monjas cumplían penitencia. En esta casa vivio y fallecio el Virrey Don Pedro de Castro y Figueroa actualmente . . . — — Map (db m125424) HM |
| | Siendo Gobernador del Estado el C. Rafael Camacho Guzman, Presidente Mpal. el C. Dr. Alvaro Larrondo Ojeda, Delegado Mpal. el C. C. P. Servando Trejo Sanchez Se erigio y dedico esta plaza en honor de los obreros de este lugar quienes en 1916-1917 . . . — — Map (db m105168) HM |
| | 1915 2015 Homenaje a los hombres que tuvieron la visión de crear la grandeza de esta organización. Conmemoracion de cien años de sindicalismo marítimo 15/Febrero/1915 Union de Marineros y Fogoneros del Golfo de Mexico Presidente . . . — — Map (db m136397) HM |
| | La prisión de San Juan de UlúaLos presidios eran construcciones de avanzada militar ubicados en las zonas limítrofes del territorio de la Nueva España; se utilizaban para proteger a las poblaciones de enemigos extranjeros o de indígenas . . . — — Map (db m104279) HM |
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De Burcht is in 1900 gebouwd naar ontwerp van H.P. Berlage in opdracht van de roemruchte Algemeene Nederlandsche Diamantbewerkersbond. Met het gebouw wilde ANDB-voorzitter Henri Polak (1868-1943) een monument voor . . . — — Map (db m105449) HM |
| | Achter deze poort lag de gildekamer van de zakkendragers. Zij waren in dienst van de stad en sjouwden zakken met graan, turf en kolen uit schepen. Er werd gedobbeld om het werk te verdelen. Na 1622 kwam het gilde in twee groepen bijeen. De . . . — — Map (db m100400) HM |
| | (Catalan:)
"Aqui, el 16 de juny de 1937,
els seus companys veiérem per
darrera vega da Andreu Nin (1892-1937),
Secretari Polític del P.O.U.M.,
Lluitador pel Socialisme i la Llibertat,
Víctima de L'Stalinisme.
Els Seus . . . — — Map (db m141128) HM |
| | [English translation of Swedish text below:]
On the tenth anniversary of Hjalmar Branting's death in 1935, the Social Democratic Party decided to start planning and fundraising for a monument in the North Bantorget (a park) in . . . — — Map (db m113655) HM |
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Uppfördes 1899 för trävaruhandlaren Gustaf Carlberg. Arkitekt Ferdinand Boberg. Kungl Vetenskapsakademiens nobelkommitteer hade lokaler här till 1909 och Sv Akademiens Nobelinstitut till 1921.
Huset förvärvades 1926 av . . . — — Map (db m106851) HM |
| | 1408 erwarb die Pfisterngesellschaft die Liegenschaft, in deren Haus sie, seit 1421 nachweisbar, ihre Pfisterstube einrichtete.
Das heutige Haus, erbaut 1573 – 1578, diente bis 1874 als gesellschaftshaus der Pfister. Die Zunft bestand aus . . . — — Map (db m67539) HM |
| | Metzgerbogli or Butchers’ Arch is a tunnel between Kornmarktgasse and Brandgässli. The marker is composed of four inscriptions on glass, each inscription is in German, English and Chinese. Only the English text is printed here. Click on the . . . — — Map (db m67543) HM |
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Site of the
Coachmakers'
Hall
1703-1940 — — Map (db m116544) HM |
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Site of
Cooks Hall
Destroyed by Fire
1771 — — Map (db m120814) HM |
| | The garden contains remains of London Wall, the Roman and medieval defences of London including the west wall of the original Roman fort. When the defences went out of use, buildings encroached on the wall. Following WW2 bomb damage, 18th and 19th . . . — — Map (db m118140) HM |
| | This stone was laid by the Rt Hon
The Lord Mayor of London
Sir Edmund Stockdale
On March 10th 1960
G.B. Slater – Master
David Nye & Ptnrs Architects
Holloway Bros. Builders — — Map (db m118141) HM |
| | Tallow Chandlers Hall
The Company Has Occupied This Site Since 1476 — — Map (db m121622) HM |
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Site of
Upholders' Hall
Destroyed in the
Great Fire 1666 — — Map (db m116406) HM |
| | 29 & 30 College Street
Presented to the
Worshipful Company
of Innholders by
Walter Daniel Cronin
Master 1920 – 21
& John Wylde
Renter Warden 1920 – 21
This Building Was
Erected by the
Company in 1958
Bryan N. Gibbs . . . — — Map (db m121623) HM |
| | The Tolpuddle Martyrs
This Plaque, Placed Here by Members
Of the Various Trades Unions Affiliated
To the Plymouth and District Trades
Council Commemorates the Landing
Near This Spot on 18th March 1838
of
James Loveless, James Brine . . . — — Map (db m123890) HM |
| | In This Building
On March 19th, 1834
The Six Tolpuddle Martyrs Were Sentenced
To Seven Years Transportation
For Their Part in The Founding
Of Rural Trade Unionism
Unveiled by Alderman E.G. Good C.B.E.,J.P.,M.P.
President of the . . . — — Map (db m123621) HM |
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Trade Union Leader
and Statesman
lived here
in flat No. 8
1931-1939 — — Map (db m109547) HM |
| | Samuel Plimsoll
Born 1824 – died 1898
Erected by the Members
of the National Union of
Seamen. In Grateful
Recognition of His
Services to the
Men of the Sea
Of All Nations — — Map (db m117947) HM |
| | Whilst this panel is not on the Jubilee Walkway, it looks out over the Thames, once a great thoroughfare of London, along which many boats pass daily. From here there’s a fine view of London’s fast-changing skyline on the South Bank of the Thames. . . . — — Map (db m118305) HM |
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Political and
Community Activist
LGSM met at
Gay's The Word
bookshop on
this site
1984/5 — — Map (db m115331) HM |
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Father of the
Co-operative movement
lived here
1832-1840 — — Map (db m109553) HM |
| | The Glaziers Hall
Pool of London
The land in this area formed part of the site of the cloisters of the Church of St Mary Ouverie, now Southwark Cathedral. After the dissolution of the monasteries in 1540 it was sold and eventually bought by the . . . — — Map (db m118614) HM |
| | 28th April
Workers Memorial Day
This Stone is Dedicated to All
Workers Who Have Suffered
Illness, Injury, Death or Been Killed
As a Consequence of Their Work
“Remember the Dead and Fight for the Living”
Workers Memorial . . . — — Map (db m123262) HM |
| | Richard III’s Medieval Leicester
Guildhall
The Guildhall and the Richard III Story
The Guildhall dates back to medieval times and would have been a building of importance during the time of Richard III. The Great Hall, built in 1390, was a . . . — — Map (db m125128) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m126830) HM |
| | These chapels were established in the side aisles. They were commissioned in the 14th and 15th centuries for thee use of the Mercantile Guilds in the City.
They were primarily chantries – endowed chapels in which Masses were sung for . . . — — Map (db m124661) HM |
| | Erected by the voluntary subscriptions of friends
and admirers of Lord Merthyr in Aberdare and district
to commemorate his elevation to the Peerace conferred
upon him by His Majesty King George V in recognition
of his invaluable services in the . . . — — Map (db m151228) HM |
| | English William Thomas Lewis was born in Merthyr on August 5th 1837. He was the first
son of Thomas William Lewis, an engineer at the Plymouth Iron Works, Merthyr Tydfil.
Aged only 27 he became the Chief Mineral Engineer to the Marquis . . . — — Map (db m151252) HM |
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