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workers, including skilled and unskilled, were on strike. On April 21, workers and union organizers attempted to march across South Bridge (now
Bernard Lown Peace Bridge), which connect Lewiston's Little Canada neighborhood and Auburn. Police and workers fought, including many women on the workers' side. Depicted in the
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