The Mother Jones Museum Mt. Olive, Illinois, the Union Miners Cemetery association, and the City of Mt. Olive present a May Day program honoring Mother Jones, her family, and legacy in Macoupin County.

Sunday, May first, 12:00 pm, at the Union Miners Cemetery there will be a procession of labor banners, dedication of a commemorative bench dedicated to the memory of Mother Jones’ husband and children, tributes to Mother Jones and General Bradley by actors Loretta Williams and Dale Hawkins, labor music by Wildflower Conspiracy and Nick Krumwiede. Speakers include  Illinois AFL-CIO  President, Tim Drea, UMWA District 12 VP Steve Earl and greetings from Cork, Ireland and West Virginia.

At 2 pm at Main Street program will begin. A magic-ian and fire engine visit for children, local foods including Mt. Olive coffee roaster, Kazoo coffee with their Mother Jones Hellraiser coffee, will line Main St.

Three writers and historians will discuss their current books and projects. Prof. Fawn-Amber Montoya, James Madison University, will dis-cuss her work with Colorado mining community oral his-tories. Ginny Ayers, West Virginia historian will discuss her new book on Mother Jones in West Virginia. Elizabeth Rodenz, Pennsylvania. writer and therapist, will discuss her new book on the women in the Pennsylvania coalfields, in-cluding Mother Jones activities there.

The Mother Jones Museum will be open, a quilt honoring Mother Jones in Mt. Olive will be displayed at City Hall,

Wildflower and Nick Krumwiede will perform during the afternoon.

For more information, please call 618 659 8759 or email friendsofthemotherjonesmuseum@gmail.com, or jcondellone@gmail.com.