Since 1986, the Wisconsin Labor History Society has been remembering the seven who were killed by the State Militia while in an 8-hour-day rally on May 5, 1886. Up to 300 have attended in past years. This year, due to the Covid-19 restrictions, there was a brief ceremony and a wreath-laying at the historical marker site in the Bay View neighborhood of Milwaukee WI. View the event. Speaking briefly were Candice Owley, chair of the event planning committee and retired president of the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, and Steve Cupery, president of the Wisconsin Labor History Society.
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