Next time you’re in Mt. Olive, Illinois, be sure to check out the new Mother Jones Museum. The museum’s website includes the local connection to Jones, who often came to the Washington D.C. area. She not only had friends who took care of her in the final days of her life but she came to D.C. with the army of the unemployed in 1894, returned in 1897 with petitions to President McKinley and refused to leave until he saw her. After 1907, she testified before Congress and met with Presidents, advocating the release of labor prisoners and Mexican revolutionists. Also noted is the annual May 1 wreath-laying at the Mother Jones Marker in Silver Spring, which is part of the DC Labor Fest.
On today’s Labor Calendar, there’s a Community Speak-Out tomorrow, Saturday, August 22, about unjust firings in the District, from 3 – 4pm in Lamont Park. For complete details on this and other upcoming local labor activities, go to dclabor.org and click on calendar. Here’s today’s labor history: On this date in 1831, the slave revolt led by Nat Turner began in Southampton County, Virginia. Today’s labor quote is by Mary Harris “Mother” Jones: “I will tell the truth wherever I please.” Mother Jones, who said “I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser.”
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