With the armistice ending the First World War, signed November 11, 1918, manufacturing demand fell and unemployment swelled. Social pressures...
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Tragedy in 1919: Fannie Sellins
On August 26, 1919, Fannie Sellins, organizer for the mine workers’ union was brutally murdered by Coal and Iron Police outside a mine entry in...
2018 Pennsylvania Labor History Conference
The 2018 PLHS Conference was held September 22, 2018 at Community College of Allegheny College -Pittsburgh Campus. This year’s program was entitled...
Pennsylvania Labor History Society 2018 Annual Awards Dinner
The Pennsylvania Labor History Society recognized four labor activists at their 2018 Annual Banquet for their lifelong interest in preserving the...
Young Historians Honored for their National History Day Winning Exhibit on the Battle of Homestead
The 2018 theme was Conflict and Compromise in History. A group exhibit in the Junior category became one of the most rewarded entries using the...
National History Day
The Battle of Homestead Foundation welcomes students and teachers who may be interested in using the story of the 1892 battle with this year's NHD...
Vietnam: A Working Class War – Conference
Pump House Gang and What They Do
James Hohman, a now-retired graphic artist from Pitt, and a two-decades member of the Battle of Homestead Foundation (BHF), filmed a myriad of...