NRHP Reference # 72000463 Area 1 ha Year built 1899 | Address Mt Olive, IL 62069, USA Phone +1 312-663-4107 Added to NRHP 18 October 1972 | |
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Location 0.5 mi. N of Mount Olive city park, Mount Olive, Illinois Similar RT 138 Cafe (Formally, Crossroads Route 66 Diner, Soulsby Service Station, Mt Olive City Clerk, Scheller Insurance Agency - I | ||
The Union Miners Cemetery is a cemetery in Mount Olive, Illinois. The cemetery is the burial site of labor leader Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, who is memorialized with a 22-foot (6.7 m) granite monument. The monument and surrounding plaques also commemorate "General" Alexander Bradley, four victims of the Battle of Virden, and twenty-one other miners who died in labor struggles. Miners Day has been celebrated on October 12 at the cemetery since 1899. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 18, 1972.
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