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This Day in Labor History: January 3, 1931

By Erik Loomis

In General

On January 3, 2020

On January 3, 1931, farmers converged on England, Arkansas to demand poverty relief. This led to Will Rogers’ poverty tour and a greater national conversation about conditions in rural America in the early years of the Great Depression. In 1930, Arkansas suffered a severe drought, the worst in the state’s history to that time. The […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 607

By Erik Loomis

On December 30, 2019

This is the grave of Junius Booth. Born in 1796 in London, Booth came out of a fairly radical family. His father was a big supporter of the American Revolution and he was related to the English radica

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 606

By Erik Loomis

On December 29, 2019

This is the grave of Madam C.J. Walker. Born Sarah Breedlove in 1867 in Delta, Louisiana, she was the first member of her family born into freedom. She was an orphan by 1874, with her mother probably

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 605

By Erik Loomis

In General

On December 27, 2019

This is the grave of Curt Gowdy. Born in 1919 in Green River, Wyoming, Gowdy was a high school basketball star in his state, leading the state in scoring his senior year, at a high school in Cheyenne. He went to college at the University of Wyoming, where he starred in both basketball and tennis. […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 604

By Erik Loomis

On December 26, 2019

This is the grave of Bobby Doerr. Born in 1918 in Los Angeles, Doerr was given his middle name of Pershing after John J. Pershing, World War I general. Doerr generally did a better job of chasing down

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 603

By Erik Loomis

On December 25, 2019

This is the grave of Norman Rockwell. Born in 1894 in New York City, Rockwell grew up in general comfort, as his father worked for a prominent textile firm. He went to art school at the age of 14 and

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 602

By Erik Loomis

In General

On December 24, 2019

Somewhere in this small cemetery lies the unmarked grave of David Walker. Walker was born free in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1796. His father, who died before Walker was born, was a slave and his mother was free. As slavery in children depended on the status of the mother, which usually paid off for slaveowners, […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 601

By Erik Loomis

On December 23, 2019

This is the grave of Louis Tiffany. Born in 1848 in New York, Tiffany was the son of Charles Lewis Tiffany. You can see his parents in the right corner of this shot, behind their son. I hadn’t h

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 600

By Erik Loomis

On December 22, 2019

This is the grave of Simon Guggenheim. Born in 1867 in Philadelphia, Simon Guggenheim grew up in the lap of luxury. His father Meyer was one of the richest men in America, making his fortune in the im

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 599

By Erik Loomis

In General

On December 21, 2019

This is the grave of John Fitzgerald, better known as “Honey Fitz” to the people of Boston. Born in 1863 in Boston’s North End to upwardly mobile Irish immigrants, Fitzgerald did have a tragic childhood. Most of his brothers and sisters died as children and his mother died when he was 16. Another brother suffered […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 598

By Erik Loomis

On December 19, 2019

This is the grave of John McSherry. Born in 1944 in New York City, McSherry became a Major League umpire in 1971, working the National League. He was very successful at the job. His first National Lea

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 597

By Erik Loomis

On December 18, 2019

This is the grave of Augustus Merrimon. Born in 1830 outside Asheville, North Carolina, Merrimon grew up on his father’s farm, working in his sawmill from the time he was a teen, where he hurt h

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