Join The Campaign to Save
Blair Mountain!
POSTED Monday, January 25, 2010
100 Letters to One Person. Result: the Blair Mountain Battlefield Gets the Respect and Protection it Deserves
Help turn up the heat on the Keeper of the National Register, Carol Shull, to Reverse the De-listing of the Blair Mountain Battlefield. Send your letter NOW.
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Blair Mountain's Historical
Status Revoked!
POSTED Monday, January 11, 2010
As we announced last year, the site of the 1921 Coal-Field-Wars Battle of Blair Mountain site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 2009. We are now sad to announce that the Battlefield has been removed from the Register. This was done by the Interim Keeper of the National Register, Carol Shull, on the recommendation of J. Paul Loether, Chief of the National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmark Program. The Interim Keeper and her office is part of the National Park Service.
The supporters of the listing of the Blair Mountain Battlefield are evaluating their options, legal and otherwise. Stay tuned to this website over the next couple of weeks to see how you might help us fight this “Second Battle of Blair Mountain.”
In the mean time, read our recount of the situation, and also check Jeff Biggers great piece in the Huffington Post.
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For more information about the Friends of Blair Mountain, contact
Harvard Ayers
Anthropology Department
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828-262-6381
harvard@boone.net