Samuel Gompers Memorial
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The Samuel Gompers Memorial is a bronze collection of statues in Washington, D.C., sited on a triangular park at the intersection of 11th Street, Massachusetts Avenue, and N Street NW. Samuel Gompers
Samuel Gompers Memorial in 2015
Samuel Gompers in 1902
Samuel Gompers Memorial Park
One of the inscriptions on the memorial
Samuel Gompers
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Samuel Gompers was a British-born American cigar maker and labor union leader. A key figure in American labor history, Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor and served as the organization's
Samuel Gompers Memorial
…bronze collection of statues in Washington, D.C., sited on a triangular park at the intersection of 11th Street, Massachusetts Avenue, and N Street NW. Samuel Gompers was an English-born American who grew up working in cigar factories, where he witnessed the long hours and dangerous conditions people experienced in…
Gompers c. 1910s
Gompers in 1894
Shortly before his death, Gompers (right) sat down with 1924 independent presidential hopeful, Robert M. La Follette