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The Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR) Local 7-319 would like to invite you to their commemoration of the 1937 Republic Steel Memorial Day Massacre.  The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 16, at the former union hall located at 11731 S. Avenue "O". This is just two blocks south of George Washington High School.  The doors will open at noon, and the commemoration ceremony will begin at 1.00pm and is expected to last two hours.  Keynote speaker is USW International President Roxanne Brown.

In 1937, steel workers were seeking recognition from Republic Steel and at a rally on Memorial Day police opened fire into the crowd that included women and children, killing ten people and injuring dozens of others. Please join us!