Founded in 2015 in historic Matewan, the Mine Wars Museum tells the little known story of coal miners and their struggle for justice. #Blair100 #wvminewars
Joined October 2019
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14 Aug 2025
RT @BernieSanders: The Mine Wars Museum in Mattawa, WV reminds us that real change never takes place without struggle.
The courage of the…
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Honestly super excited about this!
I just backed Black Coal and Red Bandanas – A Graphic Novel on @Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/wrk…
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21 May 2024
Smilin’ Sid Hatfield trying not to… As seen at @WarsWV.
#rednecks #sidhatfield #matewan #battleofblairmountain #blairmountain
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31 May 2024
REDNECKS 2024! 12 events and 6 drop-ins in as many days — plus a helluvalot of miles logged in between! Thank you to everyone who hosted and came out, and the @StMartinsPress folks behind the scenes.
Got a few more events shaping up this summer — more soon!
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26 May 2024
So much fun last night at @ScupBooks! Thanks to Dave from @WarsWV and @IAFFofficial Local 947 for the shirt! And the two Stans one of whom was sporting this badass #MollyMaguires shirt — need! And so good to see @LexOrgera and Aaron Reed, whose intro about made me cry ♥️🧨
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23 May 2024
‼️New #Matewan window exhibit! Made possible in part through a grant from @WVHumanities.
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23 May 2024
I nearly wore out this shirt while I was writing REDNECKS. Happy for Smilin’ Sid to see the book in the wild. #sidhatfield @WarsWV @booksamillion @StMartinsPress
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11 May 2024
📚 Education Coordinator Update 👨🏫
We're celebrating having Lloyd with us for one year! He's written a blog on our website that breaks down some of his major projects and reflections for the year. Check out Dr. Lloyd's full blog at the link below.
wvminewars.org/news/2024/5/1…
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9 May 2024
We're halfway through our membership campaign and have welcomed 17 new members so far. Our goal is 30! Learn more about membership perks by visiting wvminewars.org/join
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4 May 2024
We're 4 days into our membership campaign. So far we have 7 new members! Learn more and help us reach our goal of 30 new members by May 18th by visiting wvminewars.org/join
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4 May 2024
Fire in the hole, y’all! 🧨💥 REDNECKS is hitting the road! Hope to see you somewhere along the way!
@HubCityBookshop
@ParkRoadBooks
@WarsWV
@ScupBooks
@CountryBooks
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1 May 2024
I just became a member of the @WarsWV to celebrate May Day ❤️
1 May 2024
🎉 Happy International Workers’ Day, May Day, and Mother Jones' bday! 🥳 Let's celebrate the gains of the labor movement, past, present, and future. Join us in preserving these stories!
wvminewars.org/join to support our work.
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2 May 2024
We've got a lot to get ready for this May heading into the anniversary of the Battle of Matewan. Maybe we'll see you in town!? Join us May 16th-18th. ⛏️
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1 May 2024
🎉 Happy International Workers’ Day, May Day, and Mother Jones' bday! 🥳 Let's celebrate the gains of the labor movement, past, present, and future. Join us in preserving these stories!
wvminewars.org/join to support our work.
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24 Apr 2024
This month in Mine Wars History
April 18-30, 1912 – Miners along Paint Creek go on strike after negotiations break down with the coal companies. Miners on Cabin Creek join the strike. The total of workers on strike numbered about 7,500. Including over 30k women and children.
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#RedForEd teacher strikes: lessons for the #UnionStrong movement
11 Apr 2024
👩🏫 Have you visited our Solidarity Gallery? 🧣
The Children of Mother Jones, Educator Strikes As Care Work, covers the WV Teacher Strikes of '18, '19, and 1990! We've got signs, shirts, buttons, documents, and even some memes. Learn more: wvminewars.org/edstrike
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20 Apr 2024
That feeling when you're in the lead photo of the Labor Notes article on the biggest Southern union win in decades!
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19 Apr 2024
We had a great time yesterday welcoming The Wallace Horn Friendly Neighbor Show to the Town of Matewan, WV for a recording session in the community center. We had a blast hanging with John Ellison and the rest of the crew. It was great hearing so many local musicians too!
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