HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 40
(By Delegates Caputo, DeLong, Fragale, Ellis, Rodighiero,
Stemple, Varner, Longstreth, Burdiss, Argento, Azinger, Barker,
Boggs, Border, Brown, Browning, Canterbury, Carmichael, Crosier,
Doyle, Duke, Eldridge, Ellem, Evans, Fleischauer, Gall, Guthrie,
Hamilton, Hartman, Higgins, Hrutkay, Iaquinta, Ireland, Kessler,
Klempa, Long, Manchin, Marshall, Martin, Michael, Miley, C.
Miller, J. Miller, Moore, Morgan, Palumbo, Paxton, Perdue, Perry,
Pethtel, Pino, D. Poling, Porter, Reynolds, Romine, Schadler,
Schoen, Shaver, Shook, Sobonya, Spencer, Staggers, Stalnaker,
Stephens, Sumner, Swartzmiller, Talbott, Tansill, Tucker,
Walters, Wells and Williams)
Supporting the unanimous decision of the West Virginia Archives and
History Commission to recommend that the nomination of the
Blair Mountain Battlefield as a National Historic Site be
forwarded to the Keeper of the National Register of Historic
Places for approval.
Whereas, West Virginia state history has its deepest historic
roots in the struggle for basic human rights and dignity, from the
days of the abolitionists and the Underground Rail Road to our
tradition of sending our citizens off to serve the cause of freedom
in our nation's military; and
Whereas, In 1921, some ten thousand of our state's citizens
banded together to end repressive conditions that existed in many
of our state's mines; and
Whereas, The Armed March which culminated in the Battle of
Blair Mountain was the largest civil uprising since the Civil War; and
Whereas, The March and subsequent trials had a major impact on
the history of the American Labor Movement for decades to follow;
and
Whereas, Until recently, the scope and importance of the Battle
of Blair Mountain was little known or understood beyond our state's
borders; therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Delegates:
That it hereby supports the unanimous decision of the West
Virginia Archives and History Commission to recommend that the
nomination of the Blair Mountain Battlefield as a National Historic
Site be forwarded to the Keeper of the National Register of
Historic Places for approval; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Keeper of the
National Register of Historic Places.
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