2025 Aquatennial in Minneapolis: along the waterfront

2025 Aquatennial in Minneapolis: launching fireworks at Target

#Aquatennial in #Minneapolis. The signature component, where we all go downtown and set off fireworks at Target

Not much beats summer in Minnesota #stonearchbridge #aquatennial #photography #minneapolis

Was the Minneapolis Aquatennial established to distract from labor strikes? - MinnPost Yes. Beginning in 1940, a group of Minneapolis businessmen created the Aquatennial, a civic festival and parade, to “improve Minneapolis’s reputation nationally” following labor strikes in the 1930s, ...

(1/4) Reminder: The Minneapolis #Aquatennial was started in 1940 by Minneapolis business owners. They chose the third week in July to overshadow commemorations of the union victories in the Minneapolis general strike of 1934. This strike against those same business owners led to violent conflict,

Bloody Friday (Minneapolis) - Wikipedia

fireworks!?

oh yeah it's the holiday invented to make people forget about the 1934 massacre of two teamsters that injured another 67.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_...

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The First Aquatennial Was A Bloodbath
#Aquatennial #Minneapolis #Sticker #Bloodyfridayminneapolis

The Matt McNeil Show - July 25, 2025 On today's show: - Bear attack training at Japanese police departments! - Is Trump trying to cut a deal with Ghislaine Maxwell? - The Guardian reports ICE agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve

On today's (7/25) show - BEAR! Trump is looking for a bailout. Freefall! Trump's Gestapo strikes again. Tracking collars? Queen Tulsi? #Aquatennial! @dessadarling.bsky.social is sad. Emmer is racist. Neighbor update! I LOVE THIS PIZZA! @durrymusic.bsky.social! soundcloud.com/user-5879035...

The forgotten history behind Aquatennial celebrations in Minneapolis "The unity that the Aquatennial was celebrating, was a unity that tried to hide the kind of conflict that had gone on in Bloody Friday," said Peter Rachleff.

If you are tasked with talking about the history of the #Aquatennial on TV and don't mention its origin as a distraction from Bloody Friday from the 1934 Truckers Strike for higher wages & more rights, you are doing it wrong. 67 people were shot & 2 were killed. www.kare11.com/article/news...

How can you tell if this riverfront fireworks show is OK for non-VIPs to watch? #mplsprobs #tacotennial #aquatennial