#OtD 16 Mar 1884 between 5,000-6,000 people met at Karl Marx's grave at Highgate Cemetery in London to commemorate the proclamation of the Paris Commune in 1871.

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#OtD 16 Mar 1884 between 5,000-6,000 people met at Karl Marx's grave at Highgate Cemetery in London to commemorate the proclamation of the Paris Commune in 1871. No one was allowed past a police force of 500 to get into the cemetery https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8805/highgate-cemetery-meeting