Haymarket Square
Americannoun
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Following the backlash to the Haymarket Square bombing and a series of failed strikes, the Knights faded.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
The anarchist group decided to hold a protest the following night in Haymarket Square, and, although the protest was quiet, the police arrived armed for conflict.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
A blast during last October's Weatherman rampage in Chicago toppled a statue commemorating policemen killed in the 1886 Haymarket Square riot and ensuing disturbances�all of which was triggered by an anarchist's bomb.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to legend, Philippine Welser first saw "Prince Ferdinand of the Golden Locks" as he rode past her father's house in old Haymarket Square, at the head of a glittering procession.
From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann
Haymarket Square, Randolph and Des Plaines Sts.; scene of the anarchist riots.
From The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. by New York Central Railroad Company
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