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Deadly 1921 coal miner revolt in West Virginia remembered

A statue of a coal miner is shown Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. This weekend, marchers are retracing the steps of thousands of coal miners who participated in the Battle of Blair Mountain in southern West Virginia. At least 16 men died in the largest U.S. armed uprising since the Civil War before the miners surrendered to federal troops in early September 1921. (AP Photo/John Raby) FILE - In this June 6, 2011 file photo, a historical marker along W.Va. Route 17 in Blair, W.Va., describes the 1921 battle between thousands of armed, unionizing coal miners and the law enforcement officers and security guards hired to defeat them. At least 16 men died on the mountain. (AP Photo/Vicki Smith, file) Activists rest during a rally in Blair, W.Va., Saturday, June 11, 2011, where more than 1,000 people marched to the top of Blair Mountain to protest “mountaintop removal” coal mining. The mountain, the site of a deadly battle involving unionizing coal miners and law enforcement officers in 1921, was restored to the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. (AP Photo/Brad Davis) A statue of a coal miner is shown Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. This weekend, marchers are retracing the steps of thousands of coal miners who participated in the Battle of Blair Mountain in southern West Virginia. At least 16 men died in the largest U.S. armed uprising since the Civil Warbefore the miners surrendered to federal troops in early September 1921. (AP Photo/John Raby)