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P8668Description
Roderick Hotel. This building on the west side of Tower Ave. between Second and Third Streets was the Headquarters of the Industrial Workers of the World, the union whose members were known as Wobblies. It was at this location that an Armistice Day Parade halted on November 11, 1919. In the incidents that followed, 4 Legionairs were killed by gunfire and a Wobbly lynched. The question of who fired the first shot has always been in dispute. Have negative.Collection
Centralia, WALexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Armistice Day, Centralia Massacre, Historic Sites - National Register, Historic Sites - State Register, NegativesCreate Date
December 23, 2015Update Date
August 14, 2024