1917: 2nd Illinois Field Artillery during the Bloomington and Normal Electric Power Strike

2nd Illinois Field Artillery during the Bloomington and Normal Electric Power Strike

Image of soldiers from the 2nd Illinois Field Artillery setting up camp on the lawn of the court house in Bloomington, Illinois. Several men are standing and sitting on the low wall in front of the court house. The 2nd Illinois Field Artillery was called to Bloomington during a strike by the workers from the Bloomington and Normal Electric Power and Railway company that began on July 5, 1917.

Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.

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