The 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain is remembered as a significant labor conflict in U.S. history and continues to symbolize the struggle for workers’ rights and safer working conditions. Although Blair Mountain is recognized as a historic site today, efforts to add it to the National Register of Historic Places were delayed by major coal operators interested in mining the coal within the West Virginia mountain.
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