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Mother Jones Festival

Date and Time

Sunday, May 5, 2024, 1:00 PM until 5:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) (UTC-05:00)

Location

Mt Olive Mother Jones Museum and City Hall
215 East Main Street
Mt Olive, IL  62069
USA
618-659-8759

Category

Labor History

Registration Info

Registration is not Required

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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