Blair Mountain march nears end

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: The Charleston Gazette

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The March on Blair Mountain continued on Thursday, as marchers headed toward Blair on the border of Boone and Logan counties. They planned to end their daily trek on Thursday at Mifflin Lake, about 12 miles south of Madison.

Rebecca Rast, a spokeswoman for Appalachia Rising -- the group coordinating the 50-mile march -- said, "The march is going really well. We got lots of supportive honks from passing cars today.

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The march commemorates the famous Battle of Blair Mountain, waged in late August and early September 1921 between union miners, on one side, and deputies and coal company guards from Logan County, on the other.

Today's marchers want to preserve the historic mountain, end mountaintop removal mining and promote labor rights.

Read more: http://wvgazette.com/News/201106091046

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Saturday's the big day
RFK Jr. and family, Kathy Mattea, Ken Hechler and Emmylou Harris will be on hand
http://marchonblairmountain.org/

[Petrushka]

1. K & R

:kick:

[senseandsensibility]

2. K, R, and thanks for posting.

Maybe you should post this is in GD so more DUers will see it.

[StevesRedLens]

3. Make Blair Mountain a national historic site

Few Americans know about the Blair Mountain episode in our history. I saw a documentary on it once. I think it ought to be made into a national part or at least a historical site in honor of the Labor movement.