Historical Marker
Lest We Forget
Historical marker location:
150 Armstrong Street, Keyser, West Virginia
( Memorial is on Armstrong Street (West Virginia Route 46) just east of West Street, on the right when traveling east.)
The West Virginia Mine Wars, a series of labor disputes and violent conflicts between coal miners and mining companies, took place in the early 1900s. The conflicts, which included the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921, had a significant impact on the labor movement in the United States.