Events

Bay View Tragedy event

Plans for the 125th Anniversary Commemoration of the Bay View Tragedy, tentatively scheduled to be held at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 1, 2011 at the State Historical marker site at S. Superior St. and E. Russell Ave., on Milwaukee’s lakefront, will be made later in 2010.

Since 1986, members of the Wisconsin Labor History Society, the Bay View Historical Society and others have been holding this event to honor the memories of the seven persons killed by the State Militia that had fired upon a crowd of workers marching on behalf of the eight-hour day.  The event was Wisconsin’s most dramatic labor event, and was important in the struggle of workers and their unions to gain decent wages, hours and conditions.

A committee of persons, including members of the Wisconsin Labor History Society, the Bay View Historical Society and others, will meet to discuss plans for the 125th anniversary event.

For information, please contact Ken Germanson, kagermanson@gmail.com.