Memorial bench ceremony at Mother Jones Monument

 

April 27, 2022

The Mother Jones Monument in Mt. Olive is shown above with reenactors playing the silent miner, Mother Jones and General Alexander Bradley.

The Mt. Olive Union Miner's Cemetery Care Committee and supporters, including the Friends of Mother Jones Museum, will be placing a memorial bench near the grave of the legendary Irish firebrand, Mother Jones, in honor of her husband and four children who died of yellow fever and were buried in Pauper's graves in Memphis.

The bench ceremony will take place on Sunday, May 1, with activities from noon until 5 p.m. The ceremony begins in the cemetery at noon with special guests, including Illinois AFL-CIO President Tim Drea, appearances by Mother Jones and "General" Alexander Bradley with a street party afterward in downtown Mt. Olive. Music by Wildflower Conspiracy will play labor songs, Casting Runes will supply a Celtic feel, and Nick Nyko Krumwiede has originals. Professor Fawn-Amber Montoya, Ginny Savage, and PhD Elizabeth Rodenez, will discuss their books on coal mining and union related issues. There will be Mother Jones Museum tours plus more until 5.

The cemetery is located at 5602 Mt. Olive Road in Mt. Olive.

 

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