Mt. Olive International Mother Jones Festival
Mt. Olive International Mother Jones Festival
May Day Program Union Miners Cemetery May 1st 12:00 pm
Speeches by Tim Drea, AFL-CIO and Steve Earle, UMW District 12
Dedication of the Mother Jones’ Children Commemorative Bench
The husband and children of Mother Jones died during the 1867 yellow fever epidemic.
This bench is the world’s first commemorative site honoring Mother Jones’ lost family.
Greetings from Cork, Ireland, birthplace of Mother Jones.
Speeches by General Bradley and Mother Jones
Music by Wildflower Conspiracy and Nick Krumwiede
Downtown Mount Olive Street Festival May 1 2 to 5 pm
Visit the Mother Jones Museum Children’s Activities Magician Randy Thompson
Off the Wall Tacos Food Truck Labor Songs Fire Truck Rides
Three authors will discuss coalmining, immigrants, and labor strife:
Elizabeth Rodenz will discuss her book Josephine, about coalmining in western Pennsylvania and Mother Jones’ involvement in the 1910-11 strikes.
Ginny Savage Ayers will discuss her book: Never Justice, Never Peace: Mother Jones and the Miner Rebellion at Paint and Cabin Creeks
Dr. Fawn-Amber Montoya, editor of Making an American Workforce, will discuss her oral history work with immigrant families in the coal fields.
Mother Jones Hellraiser Kazoo Co. Coffee and Cookies from B & K Bakery