It All Began With a Rebellion | The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum | 50
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In this special donation episode, Mackenzie New-Walker and Shaun Slifer from the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum sit down with J.D. to talk about how a group of passionate volunteers turned a small idea in Matewan into one of the most important grassroots history museums in Appalachia.
They share the story of how the museum began, born out of a desire to tell the true story of the coalfield uprisings, and how it’s grown over the past 10 years into a nationally recognized center for labor history, community memory, and cultural preservation. From preserving artifacts to building…
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