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First Strike Festival - 200 Years of Labor
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67 Roosevelt Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02860Dates & Times
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Join us for community celebration and 200-year commemoration of the first industrial worker's strike in the United States.
Hosted at Old Slater Mill National Historic Landmark from 12 PM - 4 PM in downtown Pawtucket, RI.
THINGS TO DO:
Tours and Talks
- Tour Slater Mill with a ranger (10:30 AM, 12:30 PM, or 2:30 PM)
Meet in front of Slater Mill – limited to 25 persons (Tickets are required today only. Tickets are free and will be issued on a first-come, first-serve basis at the Old Slater Mill front desk starting at 10:00 AM. Only individuals with tickets will be permitted on the tour).
- Drop in for a Labor History Talk with a ranger (offered on the hour, 1, 2, 3)
Pop into the Slater Mill belltower
- First Strike History Open Air Presentation with a ranger (11:30 AM, 3:30 PM)
Outdoor discussion led by a ranger
Performance Schedule:
12:00 PM - Acoustic Folk Music and Welcome from J. Michael Graham
12:30 PM - Live Music by Singer Songwriter Kim Moberg
1:30 PM - Dance Performance by Students from the Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Pawtucket, RI) - inspired by the 1824 strikers
2:00 PM - Dance Performance by the Mystic Garland Dancers & Maypole Group Dance
2:45 PM - Live Music by Connecticut State Troubadour Kala Farnham
Additional Demonstrations and Activities
- Dance around a maypole and play old time games
- Check out a pop-up exhibit on 200 years of Labor History created with students from Providence College
- Learn how objects from the past can teach us about our world today with Everyday Anthropology
- See fiber arts demonstrations with Wedges of Time and see the Rhode Island Spinning Guild at work
- Watch a Letterpress Printing Demo with Andy Volpe from the Museum of Printing
- Pick up a history poster and meet the Rhode Island Labor History Society
- Meet the Rhode Island Master Gardeners
Check out the Park's new video about the First Strike by visiting here: The First Strike - YouTube
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Reservation or Registration: No
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