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On this day in 1917, approximately 8,000 anti-war activists organized a parade in Boston opposing World War I, conscription, and American imperialism.
The Homestead Strike was an industrial lockout and strike which began on this day in 1892, culminating in a battle between the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and private security forces of the Carnegie Steel Company.
![Pi'ilani and Kaluaiko'olau, or Ko'olau, with their son, Kaleimanu, and an unidentified woman believed to be Kaluaiko'olau's mother, Kukui Kaleimanu. From the Hawaii State Archives [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/leperWar.jpg)
On this day in 1893, the Leper War on Kaua'i, also known as the Battle of Kalalau, began when members of the new colonial government arrived at Kalalau Valley to enforce a deportation order for an isolated leprosy colony there.
Image: Pi'ilani and Kaluaiko'olau, or Ko'olau, with their son, Kaleimanu, and an unidentified woman believed to be Kaluaiko'olau's mother, Kukui Kaleimanu. From the Hawaii State Archives [Wikipedia]
![East St. Louis Race Riot headline from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat on Friday, July 6th, 1917. It reads "100 NEGROES SHOT, BURNED, CLUBBED TO DEATH IN E. ST. LOUIS RACE WAR" [blackpast.org]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/stLouisMassacre.jpeg)
On this day in 1917, white mobs in East St. Louis began indiscriminately killing black people, burning down homes with the families trapped inside, killing more than a hundred people in one of the bloodiest race riots of the 20th century.
Image: East St. Louis Race Riot headline from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat on Friday, July 6th, 1917. It reads "100 NEGROES SHOT, BURNED, CLUBBED TO DEATH IN E. ST. LOUIS RACE WAR" [blackpast.org]
Willem Arondeus was an openly gay Dutch artist and anti-fascist who, after destroying a Nazi surveillance office, was executed on this day in 1943, stating as his last words "Tell the people that homosexuals can be brave!"
Image: Willem Arondeus on the island of Urk. Photo from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum