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Labor Day's radical roots: How a worker revolt on the B&O Railroad almost became a revolution

By Mr. Walnut Port on September 3, 2017

It started with a trainload of cattle. In the summer of 1877, the United States endured an outbreak of labor unrest so widespread and violent that some thought a new American revolution was in the offing, this time tinged with the communist ideals that had just burned through France. The Great…
Source: Morningcall

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Mr. Walnut Port
Mr. Walnut Port

We are the citizens of Walnutport. We must unite and organize to develop community and stay ahead of the ever changing world that would decide and define the fate of our fine Borough.

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