December 2024

Calumet Massacre

Deadly Stampede at a Union Christmas Party On Christmas Eve, 1913, seventy-three people in Calumet, Michigan died in the “Calumet Massacre,” including 59 kids. The majority were Finns, Croats and Slovenes. The Western Federation of Miners (WFM) was having a Christmas party for striking copper miners at the Italian Hall. About 500 miners and their

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