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|   David Dickie-Gillespie, IL
in Medal Of Honor Resting Places Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient for action at Vicksburg, MS on May 22, 1863. He is buried in Gillespie City Cemetery, Gillespie, IL posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Illinois date approved: 08/10/2018 last visited: 12/10/2021 |
 view gallery S4.3 km
|  Coliseum Ballroom - Benld, IL
in Neon Signs Up for sale posted by: Team Farkle 7 location: Illinois date approved: 10/19/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4.3 km |  Coliseum Ballroom - Benld, IL
in Exact Replicas The historic Coliseum Ballroom, located on the 1926-34 alignment of Route 66 in Benld,IL posted by: Team Farkle 7 location: Illinois date approved: 10/29/2007 last visited: 11/22/2008 |
 view gallery E8 km
|  I-55 Kilroy and Chad - Mt Olive, Illinois
in Kilroy Was Here Kilroy and Chad signs along I-55 northbound north of Mt. Olive, Illinois. posted by:  BruceS location: Illinois date approved: 02/21/2010 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE8.4 km |  VFW Veterans Memorial - Mt. Olive, IL
in Non-Specific Veteran Memorials On the local VFW lot. posted by:  YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 04/12/2014 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE8.7 km |  Mother Jones Monument - Mount Olive IL
in Route 66 - The Mother Road Mary Harris Jones, or "Mother Jones" as she was known, was an activist in labor and union politics both in Illinois and throughout the United States and Canada. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 11/25/2013 last visited: 05/21/2023 |
 view gallerySE8.7 km |  Historic Route 66 - Mother Jones Monument - Mount Olive, Illinois, USA.
in National Scenic Byways Marry Harris Jones, or "Mother Jones" as she was known, was an activist in labor and union politics both in Illinois and throughout the United States. Her gravesite is guarded by two Lifesize Bronze sculptures of Miners. posted by: veritas vita location: Illinois date approved: 06/21/2014 last visited: 05/21/2023 |
 view gallerySE8.7 km |  Mother Jones Monument - Mount Olive, IL
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures "Chicago, November 19, 1923. A Special Request to the Miners of Mt. Olive, Illinois: When the last call comes for me to take my final rest, will the Miners see that I get a resting in the same clay that shelters the miners...." Mother Jones posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 11/26/2013 last visited: 05/21/2023 |
 view gallerySE8.7 km |  Mother Jones Monument (Jones) - Mount Olive, IL
in Funerary Art "Chicago, November 19, 1923. A Special Request to the Miners of Mt. Olive, Illinois: When the last call comes for me to take my final rest, will the Miners see that I get a resting in the same clay that shelters the miners...." Mother Jones posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 10/28/2021 last visited: 05/21/2023 |
 view gallerySE8.7 km |  Mother Jones Monument - Mount Olive, IL
in Official Local Tourism Attractions "Chicago, November 19, 1923. A Special Request to the Miners of Mt. Olive, Illinois: When the last call comes for me to take my final rest, will the Miners see that I get a resting in the same clay that shelters the miners...." Mother Jones posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 11/27/2013 last visited: 05/21/2023 |
 view gallerySE8.7 km |  Grave and Monument of "Mother Jones - Union Miners Cemetery - Mt. Olive, IL
in Roadside Attractions "Mother Jones died in 1930, before working people had the cash and free time to take vacations on The Mother Road. But the elaborate grave monument of the gray-haired labor activist can be glimpsed from Route 66." - Roadside America posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 11/25/2013 last visited: 05/21/2023 |
 view gallerySE8.7 km |  Two Miners - Mount Olive, Illinois
in Figurative Public Sculpture Statues to honor the miners buried here, and the hero who fought for them. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 04/28/2017 last visited: 05/21/2023 |
 view gallerySE8.7 km |  Mary "Mother" Jones - Union Miners' Cemetery - Mt Olive, IL
in Grave of a Famous Person Born May 1, 1830 Died November 30, 1930
"She gave her life to the world of labor, her blessed soul to heaven.
God's finger touched her - and now she sleeps." posted by: Team Farkle 7 location: Illinois date approved: 07/01/2008 last visited: 05/21/2023 |
 view gallerySE8.7 km |  Mary "Mother" Jones - Union Miners' Cemetery - Mt Olive, IL
in Civil Rights Memorials "In spite of oppressors, in spite of false leaders, in spite of labor's own lack of understanding of its needs, the cause of the working class continues onward. Slowly his standard of living rises to include some of the good and beautiful things of the world ... Slowly those who create the wealth of the world are permitted to share it. The future is in labor's strong hands."
-- Mother Jones
posted by: Team Farkle 7 location: Illinois date approved: 10/26/2008 last visited: 05/21/2023 |
 view gallerySE8.7 km |  Mary "Mother" Jones Memorial - Union Miners' Cemetery - Mt Olive, IL
in Occupational Monuments "In spite of oppressors, in spite of false leaders, in spite of labor's own lack of understanding of its needs, the cause of the working class continues onward. Slowly his standard of living rises to include some of the good and beautiful things of the world ... Slowly those who create the wealth of the world are permitted to share it. The future is in labor's strong hands." -- Mother Jones posted by: Team Farkle 7 location: Illinois date approved: 05/17/2009 last visited: 05/21/2023 |
 view gallerySE8.9 km | Virden Massacre -- Union Miners Cemetery, Mount Olive IL in Civil Rights Memorials The memorial to the miners who died in the Virden Massacre, a deadly confrontation between coal miners who were striking for the right to unionize, and mine bosses who opposed the growing US labor movement, in Mount Olive IL posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Illinois date approved: 11/24/2016 last visited: 11/28/2016 |
 view gallerySE8.9 km |  Virden Massacre - Mt. Olive, IL
in Disaster Memorials This memorial to the disaster is in the only labor union own cemetery in the nation. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 12/02/2013 last visited: 06/05/2015 |
 view gallerySE8.9 km | "General" Alexander Bradley - Union Miners Cemetery - Mount Olive, IL in Grave of a Famous Person The "General" tag was acquired when he lead a large group of men across country to a march on Washington D.C. in 1894. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 11/29/2013 last visited: 06/05/2015 |
 view gallerySE8.9 km |  Union Miners Cemetery Arch - Mt. Olive, IL
in Freestanding Arches The only union owned cemetery in the world. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 11/28/2013 last visited: 05/21/2023 |
 view gallerySE8.9 km |  Union Miners Cemetery - Mt. Olive, IL
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places National Historic Place - 1972 This cemetery is the location of the Mother Jones Monument located at the north edge of Mt. Olive on N. Lake Street (This cemetery is split by N. Lake Street);
The eastern side is adjacent to Cavalry Cemetery. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 11/27/2013 last visited: 05/21/2023 |
 view gallerySE8.9 km |  Only Union Owned Cemetery in the Country - Mt. Olive IL
in Superlatives On Old US Route 66, in addition to over 1 thousand miners grave sites, it is also the location of the United Miner Workers "Battle of Virden" Memorial, and the Monument and grave of "Mother" Jones. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 11/27/2013 last visited: 05/21/2023 |
 view gallerySE8.9 km |  Union Miners Cemetery - Mt. Olive, IL
in Worldwide Cemeteries "The only union-owned cemetery in the country, and the fascinating story of why it came to be. Mother Jones is buried there." - Illinois Labor History Society posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 11/29/2013 last visited: 05/21/2023 |
 view gallerySE8.9 km |  Union Miners Cemetery - Mount Olive, IL
in Wikipedia Entries Mother Jones Monument, her grave, Union Miners memorial; this is the cemetery of its kind in the world. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 11/27/2013 last visited: 05/21/2023 |
 view gallerySE9.2 km |  Soulsby Shell Station - Mt. Olive, IL
in Vintage Gas Stations This station is situated on the 1930-1940 alignment of
Route 66 between Litchfield and Staunton Illinois.
posted by: Team Farkle 7 location: Illinois date approved: 03/05/2008 last visited: 05/21/2023 |
 view gallerySE9.3 km | Route 66 - Soulsby's Service - Mount Olive, Illinois, USA. in Route 66 - The Mother Road Soulsby's Service is a historic Gas Station in Mount Olive, Illinois. This vintage Gas Service Station is located along on the 1930-1940 alignment of historic Route 66. Soulsby's is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. posted by: veritas vita location: Illinois date approved: 06/21/2014 last visited: 05/21/2023 |
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