Union Miners Cemetery

0.5 mi. N of Mount Olive city park, Mount Olive, Illinois. County/parish: Macoupin.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 18, 1972. NRIS 72000463.

1 contributing site.

From Wikipedia:

Union Miners Cemetery

The Union Miners Cemetery is a cemetery in Mount Olive, Illinois. The cemetery is the burial site of labor leader Mary Harris "Mother" Jones. Miners Day has been celebrated on October 12 at the cemetery since 1899. It is the only union-owned cemetery in the United States.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893523

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