Yesterday I received an email from The National Trust for Historic Preservation. Included in the email was an article titled, One Step Forward, One Step Back? I have added personal commentary so my feelings regarding the issue are crystal clear.


The article read as follows:

"Two weeks ago, Blair Mountain in West Virginia, a 2006 11 Most Endangered site, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, an important step forward for the preservation of this landmark c. 1921 coalfield labor battle site. (I wrote a paper for an American Studies Scopes & Methods course at GWU on the West Virginia coal wars and other contemporary labor struggles. The preservation of this site is a BIG deal to me). Within seven days,(that's ONE WEEK) West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin’s administration requested the site be de-listed. ) The National Trust for Historic Preservation and our local partners remain committed to preserving Blair Mountain Battlefield. (Thank goodness for that!)
Join us (me) in telling Governor Manchin that the site of the miners’ stand should be preserved." The petition is located here: http://my.preservationnation.org/site/Survey?SURVEY_ID=9860&ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS&autologin=true