Hunger Marchers Visit Public Square, 1932

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Hunger Marchers Visit Public Square, 1932
The food lines, public demonstrations and general despair of the Great Depression were still a recent memory for those attending Euclid Creek's dedication. In March of 1933, America's banking system nearly collapsed; over 2.5 billion in deposits were lost. One in four employable Americans was jobless. Those with jobs often worked reduced hours at cut wages. Life in a manufacturing and industrial center like Cleveland was especially grim. A conservative estimate of unemployed persons in Cuyahoga County reached depression era heights of nearly 220,000. Close to half of all industrial laborers in Cleveland were out of work. Young men, often lacking in work experience and living with family, were neither eligible for relief nor able to find jobs.
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