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Mother Jones Festival
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About this event
3rd annual International celebration of the labor icon. The year-long celebration of Virden to Mt. Olive, 1898-1899, continues with the Mother Jones Festival. We will honor the UMWA, the Virden Battle victory, the Union Miners cemetery, and Mother Jones with a commemoration and remembrance at the Union Miners Cemetery and a street festival on Main Street in Mt. Olive.
Music: Casting Runes, Wildflower, Conspiracy, Piasa Canyon, Nick Krumweide
Magic and Medicine Show: Randy Thompson
MAC Art Bus sidewalk art competition for children
Food: FEMA, Melina Zippay, The Dough House, Zazoo, Coffee Roasters
Mother Jones memorabilia
Mt Olive Public Library: Mother Jones reading the children's book: The March of the Mill Children
Union Miners Cemetery commemoration of May Day and cemetery tours
Mother Jones Museum Tours
friendsofthemotherjonesmuseum@gmail.com
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