Ginger Goodwin Memorial Day

I went to Miner's Memorial Day in Cumberland  this
June 27th. There were over 200 people there, mainly
from the unions, the NDP and the Communist Party.
We had a ceremony at Ginger Goodwin's grave
and Gord Carter, a Cumberland singer/song writer
sang about Ginger and
the miners.  I met IWW members from Vancouver,
Victoria and Portland. The Portland Wob laid some flowers
on Miner's Row,   a mass grave of miners
too badly burned to be recognized.  Also met a group
of young socialists from Fight Back.

Later we had a supper in a hall next to the Cumberland
Museum and there was a lot of good music. My friends
Jim and Janette and I even got to do the Ginger Goodwin Song,
a poem that I had found and that we set to music.

All-in-all a fine time and made a lot of contacts

For More info on Ginger Goodwin See
 http://www.carpentersunionbc.com/Pages/gingergoodwin.html