May Day Outdoor Exhibit & Dr. Corbin Plaque Dedication

In celebration and remembrance of May Day, the Historical Society of Forest Park will feature biographies about residents of Radical Row at various graves, as well as provide information about the Haymarket Affair and its monument. Weather permitting, we will display signs at individual graves from Saturday through Wednesday. Can't make it in person? Take our virtual tour

At 1:00 in the chapel, we will honor Larry Spivack, President of Illinois Labor History Society, this year's recipient of the Mark Rogovin Working Class Hero Award. Please join us in celebrating his contribution to labor history. Immediately following, we will unveil the plaque and dedicate the Dr. Joseph Carter Corbin Gravesite as a National Historic Place. The event will be hosted by John Rice, with speakers including Rory Hoskins, Mayor of Forest Park; Amy Hathaway, Survey and National Register Specialist at the Illinois State Historic Preservation Office; and Dr. David Ware, Arkansas Historian & Director of Arkansas State Archives.

**Forest Home Cemetery is an active cemetery please be considerate of those visiting loved ones and workers by parking in the lot behind the off at the Desplaines entrance**

The Day Will Come, Honoring Our Working Class Heroes was first published in 1994, a second edition expanded on the booklet and was published in 2011. Over ten years later the Historical Society of Forest Park and Illinois Labor History Society are working to update the booklet for a third edition. We are reaching out to the public to submit those laid to rest alongside the Haymarket Martyrs in Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois.

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