Chalking MemoryJoey Skee (March 26, 2009)Expand1Remembering the victims of the Triangle Factory Fire Permalink Print Pdf I spent a portion of today memorializing a few of the 146 victims – many of them young, Italian and Jewish immigrant women – of the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. I chalked their names and ages in front of their homes. - Annie Colletti, 30 years old, 410 East 13th Street- Annina (Pasqualicchio) Ardito, 25 years old, 509 East 13th Street- Annie L’Abbate, 16 years old, 509 East 13th Street- Antonietta Pasqualicchio, 16 years old, 509 East 13th StreeAt one point, two fire trucks raced down Avenue A as Henryk Górecki’s “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" played on my headphones.Related Links: http://rememberthetrianglefire.orghttp://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefireTags women's historywomen workerstriangle factory firememoryinternational women's dayComments: i-ItalyFacebookGoogle+Add new comment
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