Bread and Roses Heritage Festival
bread rose heritage festival annual openair festival lawrence massachusetts celebrates labor history cultural diversity social justice free daylong event featuring live music dance children’s activity theater spoken word performance walking trolley tour ethnic food lawrence history live information local organization involved social justice issue bread rose heritage committee produce event festival occurred every year labor day since inception bread rose broadly multicultural festival lawrence immigrant city festival name refers bread rose strike immigrant worker lawrence massachusetts protested wage cut two month led industrial worker world strike notable shortterm success despite ethnic division among worker preponderance woman among protester slogan bread rose originated speech given rose schneiderman line speech worker must bread must rose inspired title poem bread rose james oppenheim published american magazine december attributed woman west commonly associated textile strike lawrence massachusetts slogan appeal fair wage dignified condition strike slogan inspiration name diverse collection organisation publication bread rose heritage committee inc established active ever since organize annual bread rose labor day festival celebrates lawrence history diverse culture music theater dance recognize commemorate inform share labor history social justice legacy lawrence bread rose strike lawrence present day resident people worldwide lawrence history live created give labor history labor education unique immigrant experience lawrence prominent place bread rose heritage festival historian writer union representative artist relative family linked striker present insight lawrence history centrally located tent lawrence history live also includes segment presentday issue facing lawrence’s nation’s worker festival visitor encouraged participate contribute view questionandanswer format honor centennial anniversary bread rose strike strikers’ monument committee affixed bronze relief boulder lawrence historic campagnone common october city lawrence also installed centennial flag pole commemoration anniversary addition bread rose heritage committee commissioned documentary capture centennial celebration member labor community organized march polartec building lawrence bread rose festival speaker merrimack valley central labor council lawrence teacher union addressed marching ethan snow unite labor union expressed continuity labor struggle linking occupy wall street movement percent slogan striker plight modern laborer lawrence “one hundred year ago worker took stand greed today faced similar situation lawrence take fight current day bread roses” commemorate centennial anniversary bread rose strike lawrence history center opened exhibit cultural space january entitled short pay great lawrence strike space free open public bilingual exhibit showcase event bread rose strike exhibit cultural space available lecture meeting performance community gathering relevant theme strike exhibit housed sixth floor everett mill building union st lawrence place strike began bread rose centennial committee created accompanying online exhibit