A memorial bench dedicated to Reed was installed in Washington Park, which overlooks the site of Reed's birthplace (the mansion no longer exists)
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John Reed
John Silas Reed was an American journalist, poet, and communist activist. Reed first gained prominence as a war correspondent during the Mexican Revolution for Metropolitan and World War I for The Masses. He is best known for his coverage of the October Revolution in Petrograd, Russia, which he wrote about in his 1919 book Ten Days That Shook the World.
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culture · American journalist, poet, and activist (1887–1920) · journalist · poet · writer · screenwriter · trade unionist · communist · author · also John Reed, John Reed (journalist), John Silas Reed, Jack Reed, Reed
Born 22 October 1887 · Died 17 October 1920 · Q310800
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1920· 1 entry
Died 1920-10-17.
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1919· 1 entry
“s Six Red Months in Russia appeared first, but Reed”
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1917· 2 entries
Reed and Bryant set sail from New York to Europe, having first provided the State Department with legally sworn assurances that neither would represent the Socialist Party at a forthcoming conference in Stockholm
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Reed shouted at a hastily convened meeting of the People's Council in Washington: "This is not my war, and I will not support it
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1916· 1 entry
Reed met the young playwright Eugene O'Neill
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1915· 1 entry
Traveled to Central Europe, accompanied by Boardman Robinson, a Canadian artist and frequent Masses contributor
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1914· 2 entries
Shortly after Germany declared war on France, Reed set sail for neutral Italy, on assignment for the Metropolitan
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Reed arrived in Colorado, scene of the recent Ludlow massacre, which was part of the Colorado Coalfield War between the John D
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1913· 2 entries
For attempting to speak on behalf of strikers in the New Jersey silk mills
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Joined the staff of The Masses, edited by Max Eastman
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1910· 1 entry
Held a position in the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, and also wrote music and lyrics for their show Diana's Debut
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1887· 2 entries
In his maternal grandparents' mansion in what is now the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon
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Born 1887-10-22.
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1886· 1 entry
And the family's wealth came from the Green side, not the Reed side
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