Gather and remember Labor Martyr Fannie Sellins at three Allegheny Valley locations:

1) Ducktown, where  striking Miners rallied and Fannie was shot.

2:00-3:00 pm Community Commemoration
Assassination site “Ducktown,” Natrona Heights
Boy and/or girl scouts for the pledge, media notified. Joe Szalanski coordinator.
Master of Ceremonies: Jeanne Cecil
Invocation: Fr. Tim Thomson, St. Mary’s Ukrainian, McKees Rocks
Welcome, Jim Thomas – Allegheny Kiski Valley Historical Society;
Mine Worker Speakers: Nick Molnar and Kip Dawson
Community Speaker: Mary Cronk Farrell
Song: Anne Feeney and Fannie Sellins Chorus
Reading – “The Only Wrong” statement of Fannie Sellins
Visit to the murder site

2) Brackenridge at USW Local 1196 Union Hall to hear speeches about Fannie’s relevance today.

3:30-6:15 pm Steelworker Commemoration – USW Local 1196 (Brackenridge)

3:30 pm Fannie Sellins – Her meaning today: (Steffi Domike and John Lepley)

5:00 pm Dinner and Speeches (Union Hall and parking lot behind with tent)
Welcome: Todd Barbiaux,
Invocation: Fr. Jack O’Malley
Song: Mike Stout –  Remembrance of Tony Slomkoski
Fred Redmond, International Vice President USW
Levi Allen, International Secretary-Treasurer UMW

6:15 pm Leave Brackenridge for Arnold Cemetery at 6:15

3) Arnold Cemetery at the Mineworker Memorial to pray for the dead.

6:45 pm Mineworker Memorial
Fannie Sellins and Joe Strazeleski Gravesite, Arnold Cemetery
MC: Rosemary Trump – Battle of Homestead Foundation
Invocation: UMW Orthodox priest
Welcome: Rick Bloomingdale, PA AFL-CIO
Music, Tom Breiding
Speakers:
Tanya James, UMW International Auditor/Teller
Ed Yankovich, UMW International VP, District 2 emeritus
Candlelight and Taps

Sponsoring partners with BHF include United Mineworkers and United Steelworkers.

Everyone welcome.