EP15: Texas, Maryland with Cassie Kilroy-Thompson
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Cassie Kilroy-Thompson has created a unique history project about the town of Texas, Maryland (now part of Cockeysville) where her family lived, She looks at the labor history of this quarry town, settled by Irish immigrants, but also at the union activities of her father.
Learn more via the links below:
Center for Heritage Research:http://heritage.umd.edu/CHRSWeb/Texas_MD/Texas_Overview.htm
Friends of Texas Maryland:https://friendsoftexasmaryland.com/about/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FriendsofTexasMaryland/
The Luck of the Irish in Texas, MD:https://conduitstreet.mdcounties.org/2022/03/17/fun-fact-the-luck-of-the-irish-in-texas-maryland/
Photos (From top left-to-right)
Aerial view of quarry, NCR, etc
Quarry workers
African American workers setting dynamite c. 1959
Texas in 1930s
The lime kilns once operated by my great granduncles, Hugh and Bill Lindsay
RI Kilroy and Babs Mikulski (1984)
RI Kilroy and Babs Mikulski (1984)
RI Kilroy and Bill Bradley (1987)
RI Kilroy and Fritz Mondale (1987)
RI Kilroy and Michael Dukakis (1983)
RI Kilroy and Rosina Tucker (1986) — select the photo for details
STATEMENT BY AFL-CIO PRESIDENT JOHN SWEENEY ON THE DEATH OF R.I. KILROY February 13, 2007
