These articles, features, and scholarly papers were hand-selected by our project proponents to help residents, visitors, and those curious as to the complex nature of the November 11, 1919 Armistice Day Parade, tragedy, and subsequent events.
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Recent Articles
Mossback’s Northwest: Tragedy and terror in 1919 Centralia (Cascade PBS)
Historical Reconciliation with a Distant, Violent, Past
Hate groups in western Washington echo the past (High Country News)
Labor Violence: the Centralia Case, the IWW and its
Enemies
New radio episodes: The Centralia Tragedy Covered in new Labor Wars Documentary (PNW Blog)
Our Trip to Centralia (IndustrialWorker.org)
Dedication of the IWW’s Monument to Victims of the 1919 Centralia Tragedy (IndustrialWorker.org)
Walking Tour Commemorates Tragedy of 1919 (The Chronicle)
Historical Articles
Eugene Barnett Talks About the Centralia Conspiracy: Oral History from an IWW | Participant in the Events of November 11, 1919, in Centralia, Washington (Washington State Historical Society)
Four men die in the Centralia Massacre on November 11, 1919. (HistoryLink.org)
Essay: The Centralia Tragedy (UW)
Centralia, Collective Memory, and the Tragedy of 1919 (Portland State University)
The Centralia Conspiracy (Michigan State University)
Centralia’s Union Mural: ”The Resurrection of Wesley Everest” Depicts Labor’s Side of the Centralia Massacre (Washington State Historical Society)
JSTOR: How the IWW Grew after the Centralia Tragedy
Armistice Day in Centralia — 100 Years Later (Oregon State University)
104 years later, Centralia IWW fight continues (NW Labor Press)
Labor Violence: the Centralia Case, the IWW and its Enemies (Portland State University)
Washington Legion post marks 100th anniversary of Centralia tragedy (American Legion)