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redneck history
This dramatic and often overlooked chapter in American history took place when miners stood up and fought coal operators for their constitutional rights, fair labor practices, and the right to join a union. The roughly 10,000 justice-seeking miners who took up arms and marched to battle in 1921 at the climax of the mine wars wore red bandannas around their necks and came to be known as “the Red Neck Army.” So when you call someone a redneck in West Virginia, you may be giving them a compliment.
There is no "may" to it. this history is being scrubbed, so feel free to dig and archive.
How true, so much lost to the revisionist white washing history. WW1 hero came home, organized and stood up to the overlords. I hiked the hill of those bloody battles. Williamton a coal baron when asked, "If given a choice, would he prefer to own a mule or hire a Irish" his response," the expenses of the mule far out weight that of the Irish, and when he dies in the mine I don't have to worry "they bury their own".
My Grandfather, fought at the battle of Blair Mountain. My family, is from Boone and Logan counties. "Montani Semper Liberi"