EPISODE · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 MIN
July 21 - The Crazy Eights
from Labor History in 2:00 · host The Rick Smith Show
On this day in Labor History the year was 1878. That was the day that a new song was introduced to the US labor movement. Reverend Jesse H. Jones set the lyrics of a poem that had been written by I. G. Blanchard more than a decade earlier. The song was called the “Eight Hour Day.”
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