On North Desplaines Street at West Couch Place, on the left when traveling south on North Desplaines Street.
(plaque 1)
On the evening of May 4th, 1886, a tragedy of international significance unfolded on this site in Chicago’s Haymarket produce district. An outdoor meeting had been hastily organized by anarchist activists to protest the violent . . . — — Map (db m47728) HM
Has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This monument represents the labor movements
struggle for workers rights and possesses National
significance in commemoration the history of
The United States of America
1997 . . . — — Map (db m115585) HM
Near Des Plaines Avenue 0.4 miles south of Eisenhower Expressway (Interstate 290), on the right when traveling south.
1887
The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you are throttling today.
[Plaque on the rear:]
These charges are of a personal character, and while they seem to be sustained by the record of the trial and the . . . — — Map (db m267562) HM
