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The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you are throttling today – The Haymarket Martyrs

The Haymarket Martyrs' Monument - Chicago, Illinois Four men were executed, one committed suicide in prison and three others were pardoned by Illinois Governor Peter Altgeld. The Haymarket Martyrs' Monument commemorates workers' struggle to achieve the eight-hour workday and the 1886 rally in Haymarket Square that led to the hanging of four leaders of the fight for… ....

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