Thank you for visiting the Mother Jones Monument located in the Union Miners Cemetary just off Illinois Route 66 in Mt. Olive Illinois.
Our mission is to manage and maintain the Union Miners Cemetery on behalf of our communities, lay to rest those who have worked with dignity and honor to promote strong unions and families, and connect guests to the rich labor history that our nation was founded on,especially Mary Harris 'Mother Jones' and her work to help children and the working class.
The Union Miners Cemetery is a cemetery in Mount Olive, Illinois. The cemetery is the burial site of labor leader Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, who is memorialized with a 22-foot granite monument.