YPSL REUNION

"It's not quite a great idea, but after all, what is." Sam Bottone
August 31 through September 3, 2007

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The "Celebration of Joe Pierpont's Life" happened on Saturday, August 9. It went the way Joe had wanted it - fond remembrances and funny stories. Sure, some tears were shed but it was a wonderful event remembering the man. It was attended by people spanning literally his entire life!

Both myself and Joe's daughter Tracy Whelan would like to thank not only those who were able to attend but also those who contacted us expressing their feelings during this time.

Tracy and I selected pictures beginning from his childhood all the way up to going to the opera in tux and tails shortly before his passing. Several people asked that I load the pictures on this site. They can be viewed here: Celebration of Joe's Life pictures.

Joe Pierpont's obituary is on the online version of the New York Times. http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000109278329X

Thank you!
George Graham
Tracy Whelan




David McReynolds created an absolutely WONDERFUL slide show using pictures he took at the YPSL Reunion! Unfortunately I cannot use the software via this website. However, the pictures can still be viewed by Clicking here.




Welcome to the YPSL Reunion Website. By all appearances, everyone had a good time!

The cost of the web hosting company for this website is paid for to the end of May, 2008, as is the domain name. If you are interested in continuing this website past May, please let George Graham know. Until then, he will load bios, new and old photos, etc., to the site. If the site is continued, he has volunteered to do that too. The web hosting is $6.99 per month. Depending on how long it is desired to keep the site up and how many people want to contribute towards the cost, that donation will vary.

If you're interested in seeing a nice modern rendition of the Internationale, Click here.

From Marty Oppenheimer: Here's a cartoon version of the communist manifesto is available on youtube.com. Really well-done, and funny. Click here.

Fraternally,

Joe Pierpont



Updates:
  • "In Memoriam": Tribute added for Joe Pierpont from Roget Lockard (8/4/08)
  • "Bio": Bio added for Michael Lipsey (7/7/08)
  • "In Memoriam": Tribute added for Sy Landy from Gabe Gabrielsky (6/12/08)
  • "In Memoriam": A tribute added for Joe Pierpont (5/29/08) and in "Old Photos", one of Joe Pierpont was added from Tom Sullivan.
  • "In Memoriam": Tributes added for Joe Pierpont (4/14/08)
  • Old photo added of YPSL Headquarters in 1940 from Art Kazar
  • 3/11/08 from Penelope Rosemont:
     1. Franklin's Joe Hill book is being translated into french and published in Paris by the CGT.
    2. Franklin & Penelope Rosemont, David Roediger and Leon Despres (100 years old) are speaking at the Newberry Library on May 1 on. The topic will be the Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, also, Free Speech, Haymaket. The Newberry has acquired the Rosemont IWW Collection and some of it will be on display.
    3. Penelope has a small segment in the Harvey Pekar & Paul Buhle Students for a Democratic Society, a Graphic History published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
    4. Penelope had a letter published in the Nation on March 10 in reply to Maurice Isserman
  • 3/1/08 from Walter Daum: Sy Landy Memorial Meeting, Saturday, March 8, 2008, 4:30-7:30 pm at the Community Church Assembly Hall, 40 East 35th Street, downstairs, New York, NY. Call 212 330 9017 or write lrpcofi@earthlink.net for further information. http://www.lrp-cofi.org/statements/sylandy.html.
  • 2/2/08 from Jules Greenstein: "The Memorial meeting for Seymour Landy will take place on Saturday March 8, 4:30 -- 7:30 pm at the Community Church of NY Assembly Hall, 40 East 35 St, Manhattan, downstairs (between Park and Madison Aves.)
  • "In Memoriam": Tributes added for Paul Du Brul, Sandra Feldman, Tom Kahn, Walter Lively, and another link for Sy Landy (12/12/07)
  • "In Memoriam": Sy Landy, November 27, 2007 (Tribute statements added 12/11/07. Another added 2/3/08)
  • "Old Photos": Newspaper article image from 1/25/62