Triangle Fire Commemoration
Please join us!
ASL interpreted
Each March 25th we gather to stand for social + economic justice for all!
On March 25, 1911 a fire broke out at the Triangle Waist Company, a garment factory located just one block east of Washington Square Park. The workers tried to flee but a critical exit was locked. The public watched in horror as 146 young workers, most of them immigrant women + girls, burned or jumped to their death. There was a trial but the owners, long known for their vehement anti-union stance were acquitted.
For more information on the fire:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire
Where?
100 Washington Square E, New York, NY 10003, USA
When?
Mar 25
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Triangle Fire Commemoration
Where?
100 Washington Square E, New York, NY 10003, USA
Please join us!
ASL interpreted
Each March 25th we gather to stand for social + economic justice for all!
On March 25, 1911 a fire broke out at the Triangle Waist Company, a garment factory located just one block east of Washington Square Park. The workers tried to flee but a critical exit was locked. The public watched in horror as 146 young workers, most of them immigrant women + girls, burned or jumped to their death. There was a trial but the owners, long known for their vehement anti-union stance were acquitted.
For more information on the fire:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire