Near Hazleton in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Lattimer Massacre

Photographed by Kevin W., June 19, 2010

1. Lattimer Massacre Marker

Inscription. Near here at Harwood, on Sept. 10, 1897, immigrant coal miners on strike began a march for higher wages and equal rights. Unarmed, they were fired upon at Lattimer by sheriff's deputies. Nineteen marchers--Polish, Slovak, and Lithuanian--were killed. The majority of the dead were buried in St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Hazleton. Others were interred in St. Joseph's & Vine Street Cemeteries, Hazleton, and in St. Patrick Cemetery, McAdoo.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Labor Unions • Natural Resources. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1991.

Location. 40° 56.762′ N, 76° 1.051′ W. Marker is near Hazleton, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 924 and 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east on Pennsylvania Route 924. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hazleton PA 18202, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region,

in the Wyoming Valley,

and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: War Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away); Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away); Our Lady of Mount Carmel (approx. 2.1 miles away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 2.3 miles away); World War Memorial (approx. 2.4 miles away); 443rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion Memorial

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(approx. 2.4 miles away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 2.4 miles away); Civil War Memorial (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hazleton.

Also see . . . Lattimer Massacre - Behind the Marker. ExplorePAHistory.com (Submitted on July 20, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by Kevin W., June 19, 2010

2. Lattimer Massacre Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 23, 2018. It was originally submitted on June 22, 2010, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,655 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 22, 2010, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.