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The Triangle Fire: A new memorial, and ”Scenes from a Prosecution”

The Triangle Fire: A new memorial, and ”Scenes from a Prosecution”

Update: 2023-10-22
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A talk with the writer, producer and director of Triangle: Scenes from a Prosecution, a new one-act dramatization of the criminal trial of the owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory following the 1911 fire that took 146 lives in New York City. Plus, music and poetry by Bev Grant and Joe Glazer.

The new Triangle Fire Memorial was unveiled and dedicated on October 11.



On this week’s Labor History in Two: the year was 1983. That was the day that musician Merle Travis died.


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The Triangle Fire: A new memorial, and ”Scenes from a Prosecution”

The Triangle Fire: A new memorial, and ”Scenes from a Prosecution”

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