Labor Day: A Time To Commemorate The Achievements of the American Worker

From Midwest National Parks:

#LaborDay is a time to commemorate the achievements of the American worker. Several national parks tell the story of the nation’s workforce.

Chicago's Pullman District was one of the first and most famous company towns in America. Developed by the Pullman Company, a major manufacturer and operator of railroad cars in the 19th century, the area was also the site of the violent Pullman Strike of 1894 — a watershed event that foreshadowed the labor and Civil Rights movements of the coming century. In 2015, the district was preserved asPullman National Monument, National Park Service.

Upper Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula was the site of one of the most abundant deposits of pure, elemental copper in the world. In the 19th century, Americans and immigrants flocked here to fulfill the American Dream. They developed a complex system of mining, processing, smelting, and transporting copper, which stimulated America’s Industrial Revolution. The thousands of people from around the world who sought success and the large corporate mining companies eager to make a profit together transformed the Keweenaw Peninsula, forever changing its landscape and cultural makeup. Today, Keweenaw National Historical Park, at its Calumet and Quincy units, preserves and interprets the varied elements of the copper mining industry and tells the stories of the diverse people who settled the area and worked the mines.

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