Haymarket Square (Chicago)

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Haymarket Square{{Cite web|author=s|title=Haymarket Riot|url=https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/haymarket-riot|access-date=2021-06-25|website=HISTORY|date=May 2020 |language=en}} is a commercial area on the Near West Side{{Cite web |last=Sweden |first=Eric Arnesen, a history professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Fulbright chair in American studies at Uppsala University in |title=A powerful look at the Haymarket riot |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2006-04-02-0604010029-story.html |access-date=2021-06-25 |website=chicagotribune.com |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119213936/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2006-04-02-0604010029-story.html |archive-date=19 January 2021 |url-status=dead}} of Chicago at Randolph Street and Des Plaines Street{{Cite web|date=2011-04-28|title=125th Anniversary Approaching For Haymarket Riot|url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/04/28/125th-anniversary-approaching-for-haymarket-riot/|access-date=2021-06-25|language=en-US}} just east of Halsted Street,{{Cite web|date=2012-05-04|title=The Haymarket incident|url=https://www.wbez.org/stories/the-haymarket-incident/e5cc30c8-e6f6-46e1-b3c2-f81157fa9f3b|access-date=2021-06-25|website=WBEZ Chicago|language=en}} known primarily for the protest and bombing that occurred on May 4, 1886.{{Cite web|title=The Anarchists and the Haymarket Square Incident {{!}} American Experience {{!}} PBS|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/chicago-anarchists-and-haymarket-square-incident/|access-date=2021-06-25|website=www.pbs.org|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Haymarket Square|url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/haymarket-square|access-date=2021-06-25|website=Atlas Obscura|language=en}} It was a wide,{{Cite web|title=First Chapter or Excerpt - Riverside Public Library|url=https://read.riversideca.gov/Mobile/BakerAndTaylor/Excerpt?ISBN=9780897338240&UPC=&position=1|access-date=2021-06-25|website=read.riversideca.gov|language=en}} busy commercial food produce market{{Cite web|title=The Haymarket Memorial|url=https://www.chicago.gov/content/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_s_publicartthehaymarketmemorial.html|access-date=2021-06-25|website=www.chicago.gov|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=The Haymarket Square on Randolph Street between Halsted and Des Plaines Streets|url=https://homicide.northwestern.edu/historical/timeline/1898/246/|access-date=2021-06-25|website=homicide.northwestern.edu|language=en-US}} for much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The square is a tourist destination,{{Cite web|title=Haymarket Square {{!}} Chicago, USA Attractions|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/chicago/attractions/haymarket-square/a/poi-sig/378619/361932|access-date=2021-06-25|website=Lonely Planet|language=en}} and is often a rally point for various unions{{Cite web|date=1986-05-05|title=The Nation : Haymarket Riot Recalled|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-05-05-mn-3327-story.html|access-date=2021-06-25|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}} and political groups and individuals.https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56675308c21b8631e9619f54/t/5684b1e0cbced6a015790b73/1451536864536/June2010.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

The Haymarket Memorial sculpture was dedicated in 2004 on the site where the 1886 protest speaker's wagon was located.{{cite news |last=Kinzer |first=Stephen |title=In Chicago, an Ambiguous Memorial to the Haymarket Attack |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/15/national/15memorial.html |work=New York Times |date=September 15, 2004}}{{Cite web |title=The Haymarket Memorial |url=https://www.chicago.gov/content/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_s_publicartthehaymarketmemorial.html |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=www.chicago.gov |language=en}}

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