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WE NEVER FORGET: The Martyrs of the Battle of Virden, October 12, 1898

Janet RayeMother Mary Harris Jones
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See that I get a resting place in the same clay that shelters
the miners who gave up their lives on the hills of Virden…
I hope it will be my consolation when I pass away
to feel I sleep under the clay with those brave boys.
-Mother Jones
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WNF Virden Oct 12, 1898
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The Martyrs of Virden, October 12, 1898

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