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Irish Labor History Walk

July 9, 2017 @ 5:00 am

Free

With IBEW electrician Peter O’Driscoll
This tour will focus on the history of San Francisco’s famed waterfront and the role of its Irish and Irish-American workers, leaders, and martyrs. It will also include the cases of Tom Mooney and Warren Billings who faced a labor frame-up in the Preparedness Day Bombing in San Francisco in July 1916, and the successful struggle for their release. The tour will also view the sculpture dedicated to the waterfront strikers of 1934 and other historic markers along the way. The tour will end inside Rincon Center, discussing the historic murals dedicated to the labor movement in San Francisco.

Details

Date:
July 9, 2017
Time:
5:00 am
Cost:
Free
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Organizer

Peter O’Driscoll

Venue

Marine Firemen’s Hall
240 2nd St.
San Francisco, CA United States
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