Veterans Memorial

Historical marker location:

88 Rock Cave Rd, Crawford, West Virginia

( Memorial is at the intersection of Rock Cave Road (West Virginia Route 4) and Burnside Road, on the right when traveling north on Rock Cave Road.)

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.