Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/12/2025
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Eugene V. Debs Hall
Categories
Summary: Chris Hawley will enlighten you on the events surrounding the Great Steel Strike of 1919, a national strike of some 350,000 steelworkers who worked in dire conditions on poverty wages. He tells the story of Casimer Mazurek, a 26-year-old decorated World War veteran, born in Poland but having fought for his new country, only to return to be shot to death by his own employer while on the picket line in the opening days of the strike.
Presenter Bio: Back by popular demand after his presentation at our Polish Genealogy and Polonia Fair in May 2024, Chris Hawley has been a City Planner with Buffalo’s Office of Strategic Planning since 2010. He possesses a Bachelor of Arts degree in Metropolitan Studies from New York University, and has previously worked for developer Howard Zemsky and U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer. He lives in the Broadway Fillmore neighborhood with his cat, Sputnik, and dog, Brazen, above Eugene V. Debs Hall.
Venue: This special event will be held at Eugene V. Debs Hall, a social club with a vintage 1914 bar, located at 483 Peckham Street on Buffalo’s East Side, a few blocks down from St. Stanislaus church. Beer (all local!), wine, and pop will be available for sale. Please note that there is no off-street parking, but there is plenty of on-street parking available.
Chris Hawley