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Upper Big Branch 10 Years Later - Honoring the Miners Who Lost Their Lives
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:53:39
Publish Date: 2020-04-03 10:52:07
Description: Ten years ago, on April 5, 2010, 29 men who worked at an underground coal mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia, lost their lives. The Upper Big Branch Mining Memorial Group, Inc. has placed wreaths at the monument in Raleigh County on April 5 every year since. But this year, they aren’t encouraging family members to visit, due to the spread of COVID-19.
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