Union Stockyard Gate to be Dedicated a Literary Landmark – June 23, 2005
The Friends of Libraries U.S.A. (FOLUSA) has announced that the Union Stockyard Gate will be added to the organizations roster of Literary Landmarks on Thursday, June 23, 2005.
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) June 14, 2005 -- The Friends of Libraries U.S.A. (FOLUSA)
has announced that the Union Stockyard Gate will be added to the organizations
roster of Literary Landmarks on Thursday, June 23, 2005. The landmark will
commemorate the centennial of the novel, "The Jungle," by Upton Sinclair. The
book exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry and is said
to have influenced President Theodore Roosevelt in passing the Pure Food and
Drug Act in 1906.
The novel chronicles Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian
immigrant, in his quest for the American Dream in the filthy Chicago stockyards.
The novel has become required reading for many American high school students.
The ceremony will take place at 2p.m. on Thursday, June 23, 2005 at the Union
Stockyard Gate, Exchange Avenue at Peoria Street. Joining the Friends of
Libraries U.S.A. will be representatives of the Lithuanian American Council, The
United Food and Commercial Workers, The Food and Drug Administration, the
Illinois Center for the Book and officials from the City of Chicago.
Friends of Libraries U.S.A. is a membership organization of more than
two thousand individual and group members. Our mission is to motivate and
support local Friends groups across the country in their efforts to preserve and
strengthen libraries.
For Further Information contact Sally Reed at
1-800-9FOLUSA or Rocco Staino at 914-475-3857.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/6/prweb250249.htm