Haymarket Square

American  

noun

1. a square in Chicago: scene of a riot Haymarket Riot in 1886 between police and labor unionists.

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Example Sentences

Following the backlash to the Haymarket Square bombing and a series of failed strikes, the Knights faded.

From The Wall Street Journal

The next day, at Haymarket Square, a bomb killed seven police officers and four civilians; four anarchists accused of involvement were later hanged.

From Seattle Times

The troubled road it traveled was exemplified by the May 1886 strike that led to a riot in Chicago’s Haymarket Square.

From Washington Post

In 1886, a labor protest at Haymarket Square in Chicago turned violent.

From Washington Post

They leap from syntax and vocabulary to the Haymarket Square riots and the Trail of Tears; from grammar and idioms to the six flags of Texas and the meaning of Juneteenth.

From Washington Times