Parades, pickets and picnics: Labor Day in Evanston from 1891–1920s

Parades, pickets and picnics: Labor Day in Evanston from 1891–1920s

Author’s note: This piece began as an effort to document Evanston’s earliest Labor Day celebrations. The research, however, uncovered a wealth of materials that illuminated stories from Evanston’s early labor history — from the formation of local unions to the many workers’ strikes that took place across the city. More work is needed to uncover […] Parades, pickets and picnics: Labor Day in Evanston from 1891–1920s is from Evanston RoundTable, E…