The Battle of Blair Mountain in West Virginia

Coal mining is practically synonymous with west virginia. In 19 21, coal miners took up arms against their employers. The resulting battle of blair mountain went on for five days and has been called the biggest armed uprising on us since the civil war. After all that, joy beasley, keeper of the national register of historic places, issued a memorandum calling the two thousand nine decision to remove the site from the register erroneous. And confirming that it is listed on the national Register of Historic Places.