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GSC Professor to Speak on Coxey's Army
Mon Mar 24, 2008


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 03/24/08

For more information:
Bob Edwards
Public Relations Department Assistant
Glenville State College
Glenville, West Virginia
(304) 462-7361x7610
History Professor, Dr. Arthur DeMatteo
Glenville, WV—Glenville State College Assistant Professor of History, Dr Arthur DeMatteo, will be speaking to the Gilmer County Historical Society on Thursday, March 27th, at 6:30 p.m. at the Holt House Annex in Glenville.

Dr. DeMatteo will be speaking about Coxey’s Army. “The General takes charge in Massillon: The brief, tumultuous mayoralty of Jacob S. Coxey” discusses the 1890s movement to fight unemployment. Twice Coxey led marches from Massillon, Ohio to the nation’s capitol, calling for Congress to designate funds to create jobs for the unemployed.

DeMatteo will be making the same presentation to the Massillon Genealogical Society on Wednesday, April 2nd at 7:00 p.m. in the Massillon Public Library Auditorium in Massillon, Ohio. He will also make the presentation at the Ohio Academy of History’s Annual Meeting at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio on Friday, April 11th.

For more information, contact Dematteo at (304) 462-7361 ext. 7273

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