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Joe Hill, labor songwriter born this day in 1879, remembered

Original: # JoeHill was born # JoelEmmanuelHägglund in Gävle, # Sweden , on # ThisDayInHistory in 1879. On migrating to the US in

Joe Hill, born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund in Gävle, Sweden on this day in 1879, is being commemorated on the anniversary of his birth. After emigrating to the United States in 1902, he became a songwriter for the Industrial Workers of the World, writing many of the union's best-known revolutionary labor songs before his execution made him a martyr for the labor movement.

Why now: It is the anniversary of his birth, prompting history and labor-focused commemorations.

Joe HillIndustrial Workers of the WorldGävleSwedenUnited States

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• # JoeHill was born # JoelEmmanuelHägglund in Gävle, # Sweden , on # ThisDayInHistory in 1879. On migrating to the US in 1902 he became a songwriter for the # IndustrialWorkersOfTheWorld , penning many of the # IWW 's most famous revolutionary # union songs. He was martyred by… · LiamOMaraIV · 20

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