Union Miners Cemetery

Union Miners Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Mother Jones and Martyrs of the Progressive Miners of America Monument
Location	0.5 mi. N of Mount Olive city park, Mount Olive, Illinois
Coordinates	39°4′52″N 89°43′53″W / 39.08111°N 89.73139°WCoordinates: 39°4′52″N 89°43′53″W / 39.08111°N 89.73139°W
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1899
NRHP Reference #	72000463[1]
Added to NRHP	October 18, 1972

The Union Miners Cemetery is a cemetery in Mount Olive, Illinois. The cemetery is the burial site of labor leader Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, who is memorialized with a 22-foot (6.7 m) granite monument. The monument and surrounding plaques also commemorate "General" Alexander Bradley, four victims of the Battle of Virden, and twenty-one other miners who died in labor struggles. Miners Day has been celebrated on October 12 at the cemetery since 1899.^[2] The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 18, 1972.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Keiser, John H. (March 24, 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Union Miners Cemetery" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved August 1, 2012.