Posted by Fred Herbert on 5/1/2002, 7:02 am The core of the celebration concerns one of the most important and least But, the age old marking of spring rites centered around the May Pole will At 6:00 P.M., people are invited to the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Sponsors include the Windham Southeast Education Association, the Windham,
Happy May Day from Bratteboro, Vt. Here's what we're doing:
Clowns, face painting, free ice cream, hot dogs and drinks, May Pole
dancing to music, dramatizations of the Haymarket affair and old fashioned
Soap Box speechifying will be featured for the 18th annual International
Labor Day celebration on the Brattleboro Common from 3:30 til 5:00 P. M. on
Wednesday May 1st, announces the Haymarket Bicentenial Committee.Designed to
be both fun and serious, this event drew over a hundred and fifty people to
the Common last year.
know events of American history, the so called Haymarket Massacre of 1886
and its aftermath. Few Americans are aware that May Day (the political
celebration) started in Chicago and was taken up by , not just socialists
and communists, but most of the people and nations of the world as
International Labor Day. Only Canada and the US still celebrate labor day in
September. The eight hour work day was born out of the struggle.
receive it's due attention also.
Municipal Center for a Labor Forum, featuring labor and political leaders.
Windsor and Bennington Central Labor Council, The Vermont Worker Center, and
Southern Vermonter's for a Fair Economy and Environmental Protection.
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