The Battle of Homestead Foundation, incorporated in 1996, evolved from the Homestead Strike Centennial Commemorative Committee. It has as its primary mission to develop and implement an interpretive program for the Pump House that respects the importance of the site for American labor history.
On July 6, 1892, on the banks of the Monongahela River in Homestead, Pa., there occurred perhaps the most famous and significant event in American labor history.
Most important, the Battle of Homestead marked a watershed in American labor history, a defining moment, where issues that are still relevant to the organization of work in the global economy were posed in particularly stark terms.
- Battle of Homestead Website
- All about the Battle of Homestead
- About the Battle of Homestead
- On July 6, 1892, a battle erupted when locked-out Homestead steelworkers and community supporters broke into a closed mill and met armed Pinkerton agents.
- Officers and Directors
- Officers and board members for the Battle of Homestead Foundation
- The Pump House
- The Pump House is the only structure remaining from the Homestead Works of July 1892.
- Significance of the Battle of Homestead
- The 1892 battle was perhaps the most dramatic and significant event in American labor history.
- Pump House Events
- Includes information about the Pump House Lecture Series
- Homestead's Industrial Remnants
- Survivors of the Industrial Era and its glory in Homestead
