Today in New Jersey history:
July 20, 1835: Over two thousand Paterson textile workers from twenty mills went on strike demanding a reduction in work hours from thirteen and a half to eleven hours a day. The mill owners refused to negotiate but did reduce hours to twelve hours a day on weekdays and nine hours on Saturdays. The workers returned to work, but not the strike leaders, who were blacklisted by employers.
July 20,1957: Four nurses left Paterson for annual training with the 114th Surgical Hospital, New Jersey National Guard. They were the first women ever to deploy for training with a New Jersey National Guard unit.
July 20, 2013: “New Jersey at Gettysburg Day,” an official rededication of the New Jersey monuments at Gettysburg Battlefield by the New Jersey Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee, was held at Gettysburg National Military Park.
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