Posts Tagged ‘Nimisilla Park’
1918: Some Books From A Century Ago
1918. On November 11 of this year the First World War finally came to an end. Millions had died in the conflict that began in August of 1914, and large sections of France and Belgium were nothing but wasteland after years of battle. But the end of the conflict was welcome news across the globe.…
Read MoreA Free Soul Bound For Jail: Eugene Debs Speaks in Canton, Ohio–June 16, 1918
June 16, 1918 was a warm summer day in Canton, Ohio. The Socialist Party of Ohio had gathered in the city for its yearly convention. On this day, in Nimisilla Park, the speaker was arguably the best-known Socialist in America: Eugene Debs of Terre Haute, Indiana. Debs’ progressive credentials were impeccable. By this time he…
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