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The Second Battle of Blair Mountain
Manage episode 227341137 series 2361306
Blair Mountain in West Virginia is the site of a 1921 pitched battle between coal miners and 3000 lawmen and strikebreakers that actually included aerial bombing of the miners. This battle is the most famous in the mine wars that took place in the coalfields as the UMWA organized the mines against the violent opposition of mine owners.
Today it is on the verge of being blasted out of existence by those mine operators.
On this episode of My Appalachia, we talk about Blair Mountain's importance and what you can do to help, which is make your feelings known by sending an email to the National Park Service at Blair_Mt_comments@nps.gov.
This year is also the 40th anniversary of the opening of the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia, and this past Saturday was Bridge Day. We tell you what Bridge Day is and a little bit about its history.
We appreciate you listening to the podcast.
You can subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play or on your own podcast app.
We're on Twitter @myappalachia.
Again thanks for listening, and be sure to let the Natonal Park Service know what you'd like to see happen with Blair Mountain.
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Manage episode 227341137 series 2361306
Blair Mountain in West Virginia is the site of a 1921 pitched battle between coal miners and 3000 lawmen and strikebreakers that actually included aerial bombing of the miners. This battle is the most famous in the mine wars that took place in the coalfields as the UMWA organized the mines against the violent opposition of mine owners.
Today it is on the verge of being blasted out of existence by those mine operators.
On this episode of My Appalachia, we talk about Blair Mountain's importance and what you can do to help, which is make your feelings known by sending an email to the National Park Service at Blair_Mt_comments@nps.gov.
This year is also the 40th anniversary of the opening of the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia, and this past Saturday was Bridge Day. We tell you what Bridge Day is and a little bit about its history.
We appreciate you listening to the podcast.
You can subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play or on your own podcast app.
We're on Twitter @myappalachia.
Again thanks for listening, and be sure to let the Natonal Park Service know what you'd like to see happen with Blair Mountain.
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