The Historian · Nora · Chicago
Haymarket Memorial
This corner is why the world marks May 1. The eight-hour day was fought for right here, and men hanged for it.
The memorial at the site of the 1886 Haymarket Affair — the bombing and trial that gave the world May Day.
— Nora, The Historian
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