The Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR) Local 7-319, we would like to invite you to our annual commemoration of the 1937 Republic Steel Memorial Day Massacre.  The event is scheduled to  take place on Saturday, May 17, at the former union hall located at 11731 S. Avenue "O".  This is just two blocks south of George Washington High School.  The doors will open at noon and the commemoration ceremony will begin at 1:00 p.m. and is expected to last two hours.

In 1937, steel workers were seeking recognition from Republic Steel and at a rally on Memorial Day police opened fired into the crowd that included women and children, killing ten people and injuring many dozens of others. Please join us!