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Battle of Homestead
Erected in 1941 by the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee (SWOC) this monument in Homestead, at the High-level Bridge (next to Chiodo's Tavern), commemorates the 7 workers killed at the 1892 Battle of Homestead.
The
Battle of Homestead Foundation (BHF), incorporated in 1996, evolved from the Homestead
Strike Centennial Commemorative Committee.
It has as it’s primary mission to develop and implement an
interpretive program for the Pump House that respects the importance
of the site for American labor history. On July 6, 1892, on the banks of the Monongahela River in Homestead, PA, there occurred perhaps the most famous and significant event in American labor history.
Most important, the Battle of Homestead marked a watershed in
American labor history, a defining moment, where issues that are still
relevant to the organization of work in the global economy were posed
in particularly stark terms.
Selected Links The Pumphouse Site as a Historic Monument Significance of the 1892 Battle of Homestead Homestead's Industrial Remnants
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