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Strikers at the Loray Mill in Gastonia. (Photo courtesy of Millican Pictorial History Museum)
Strikers at the Loray Mill in Gastonia. (Photo courtesy of Millican Pictorial History Museum)

'Mill Village: A Piedmont Rhapsody'

When: Thu., Sept. 27, 7-8 p.m. 2018

On Thursday night, the mill villages of early-20th-century Charlotte will spring to life with the help of the Charlotte Symphony, which will take part in a multimedia event including a 30-minute symphony performance, live storytelling and historic images. Speaking that night will be Kristina Horton, great-granddaughter of union organizer and N.C. folk heroine Ella May Wiggins, killed during the 1929 Loray Mill Strike in Gastonia.

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