Union Miners Cemetery

Union Miners Cemetery
Mother Jones and Martyrs of the Progressive Miners of America Monument
Location 0.5 mi. N of Mount Olive city park, Mount Olive, Illinois
Coordinates 39°4′52″N 89°43′53″W / 39.08111°N 89.73139°W / 39.08111; -89.73139Coordinates: 39°4′52″N 89°43′53″W / 39.08111°N 89.73139°W / 39.08111; -89.73139
Area 3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built 1899
NRHP reference # 72000463[1]
Added to NRHP October 18, 1972

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.[2] The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 18, 1972.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Keiser, John H. (March 24, 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Union Miners Cemetery" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved August 1, 2012.


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