An update about the Battle of Blair Mountain Centennial Kick Off Event
The Blair Centennial Core Planning Team has set COVID protocols and policies for our kickoff event this week in Charleston on Friday. We want to share our COVID protocols with guests and potential guests and offer virtual options to watch the kickoff. Masks are REQUIRED for this event regardless of vaccination status. If you forget your mask, we'll have one for you at the registration desk. This event is being held at half-capacity. Please maintain a physical distance from those not in your party. Sanitation stations will be placed throughout the premises. If you can’t wear a mask, are feeling sick, or otherwise can't join in person, we invite you to stay at home and join our livestream. There are several ways to tune in at 7pm on Friday for the kickoff:
Thank you for helping us keep our guests, performers, and volunteers safe. We're also working with our partners at Augusta Heritage to have the event live-streamed on their Facebook and Youtube Pages. We’re proud to offer this livestream of the Blair Kickoff Event for free thanks to the generous support of our sponsors and volunteers. But you can show your solidarity and support the preservation and promotion of Mine Wars History by making a “pay-what-you-want” ticket donation at the Blair 100 secure website: https://bit.ly/blair100donate This is a donation-based “ticket” to show your solidarity for the Blair 100 program and is not a ticket to the live event. To find a full list of events marking the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain Centennial (including a look at virtual and outdoor events), please visit our updated website: www.blair100.com/events |
Thank you to the #Blair100 Centennial Sponsors! United Mine Workers of America National Coal Heritage Area Authority Wolfe, Williams, and Reynolds Law Firm Communications Workers of America West Virginia Humanities Council National Coal Heritage Area Authority United Steel Workers Local 3657 West Virginia Labor History Association Brian Gustafson WV Employment Lawyers Association JASMER Foundation Battle of Homestead Foundation Pennsylvania Labor History Society Forest Hazel Southern Crossroads Friends of the Mother Jones Museum in Mount Olive, Illinois Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Industrial Workers of the World, WV Chapter United SteelWorkers District 8 AFL-CIO Southwestern District Labor Council Jeff Barnes, Author of Mingo The O’Neal Family Ginny Ayers WV Community Development Hub WALS Foundation Kim Marris Rishi HD Media Goldenseal |