The Pro Labor Conservatives Podcast: Episode 1 “Saving Blair Mountain”

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Charles Keeney, great-grandson of the legendary West Virginia labor leader, Frank Keeney, guides us through the battle to preserve the Blair Mountain battlefield from the West Virginia coal establishment. An American battlefield in Southern West Virginia. The sight of the Battle of Blair Mountain is recognized as the most significant labor revolt in United States history. Culminating in a five day battle with over 10,000 miners taking up arms against 3000 heavily armed West Virginia mine guards and state police.

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