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Organized crime – notable homicides involving the Italian-American organized crime syndicate or crime family based in Chicago. These include the 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre and the 1977 murder of Sam Giancana. Lynchings and race riots – homicides associated with lynching and race riots. These include the 1844 Killing of Joseph Smith ...
1937 Memorial Day massacre. / 41.682895°N 87.539912°W / 41.682895; -87.539912. In the Memorial Day massacre of 1937, the Chicago Police Department shot and killed ten unarmed demonstrators in Chicago, on May 30, 1937. The incident took place during the Little Steel strike in the United States.
1+. July 23 – 26, 1877. Labor. Chicago railroad strike of 1877 - Part of a nationwide wave of strikes by railroad workers after most rail companies slashed wages. The majority of deaths occurred during the Battle of the Viaduct, where workers threw stones and fired at police who then returned fire.
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The City of Elmira's annual Memorial Day Parade will take a new route this year. The parade route will now start at Park Place heading north, take a left onto Washington Avenue heading west down ...
The monument is the starting point for the town's Memorial Day celebration and parade. Pulaski Road A major north–south road in Chicago, Illinois. Pulaski Avenue Runs through Germantown, Philadelphia, the site of the Battle of Germantown in which Pulaski participated. Casimir Pulaski Memorial Highway Interstate 65 through Lake County, Indiana.
Allie Harris was hit by a trailer at the Hilliard Independence Day Parade. She remained hospitalized Wednesday after suffering many broken bones. 'A long road for recovery': Girl injured at ...
The memorial monument is located in the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District in the Douglas community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 30, 1986. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on September 9, 1998. An annual Memorial Day ceremony is held at the monument.