Summary
Protesters from around the country began a 50-mile march to Blair Mountain at a baseball field in Marmet on Monday morning.
Two coal companies, Alpha Natural Resources and Arch Coal, own much of the mountain. The companies plan to surface-mine the land, which was the site of a bloody union protest in 1921.See the full content of this document
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Activists Headed to Blair Mountain: Protest
The modern marchers sang a few rally songs before leaving the ball field, including "This Little Light of Mine." They waved signs, too: "Don't Strip Our History, Save Blair Mountain," "Abolish Mountaintop Removal," "Mingo Mountain, Destroyed," "Big Branch, Destroyed" and "Appalachia Deserves A Clean Local Economy."
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