BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Spurlock Museum//Spurlock Museum Events//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Spurlock Museum Events CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:spurlock-event-1946 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:"Talk: A Petition in Boots: The Legacy of Jacob Coxey's 1894 March on Washington" DESCRIPTION:"\r\r Event Recording \rA full recording of the event is available. \rWatch on YouTube \r\r In the spring of 1894 masses of unemployed men and women marched toward Washington D.C. under the Commonweal banner in the name of federal aid to the unemployed. “Industrial Armies” formed in most major cities and took off on stolen trains, crude rafts, and most often on foot, towards the capital. Organized by the Ohio businessman, Jacob Coxey, the Commonweal was the first mass march on Washington D.C. Deemed a “petition in boots,” by contemporary observers, and a “deluded band” by others, the Commonweal was a pivotal moment for American democracy. Although the march failed, Coxey’s effort captivated the nation and foreshadowed later protests and marches in the nation’s capital.\r\rBy curator Professor Nathan Tye\r\r\rWebinar Details\rJoin via Zoom\r\rThe Zoom ID is: 842 7421 3809\rThe Passcode is: 026892\r\rImage credit: \"More money! Less misery! Good Roads!\" Coxey's Army approaching Washington. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, \r\r" DTSTAMP:20260622T190919 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210708T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210708T180000 LOCATION:"Online via Zoom<\/a>" URL:https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/events/event.php?ID=1946 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR