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IHB > Historical Markers > Find a Marker > Eugene Victor Debs 1855-1926 Eugene Victor Debs 1855-1926

Location: SW corner of Marks Field, Indiana State University, Terre Haute. Missing. (Vigo County, Indiana)

Erected by Eugene V. Debs Foundation 1976

ID# : 84.1976.1

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Father of industrial unionism, five time Socialist candidate for President of the United States, pacifist, humanitarian. Birthplace marker, one block east on North Fourth Street; home, 451 North Eighth Street.

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Business, Industry, and Labor, Politics