Commemorations in Popular Culture
Many of the famous photographs of the strike were by Winnipeg photographer L.B. Foote. Among the remembrances of this event in Canadian popular culture is the song "In Winnipeg" by musician Mike Ford, included in the album Canada Needs You Volume Two. In 2005, Danny Shur created a musical based on the event called Strike! (musical). There is a mural commemorating the General Strike in Winnipeg's Exchange District.
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