With the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain quickly approaching, the southern coalfields are expecting hundreds of visitors and tourists. During the week of festivities leading up to Labor Day, WCHS TV reported Blair Mountain in Logan County will be the centerpiece so the Logan Lions Club organized a cleanup to get ready. Volunteers worked through the Lions Club and the Recovery Group of Southern West Virginia to pick up litter. The Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest labor uprising in the country as 7,000 miners marched from Marmet to Logan County protesting coal company corruption in August 1921. The goal was for the group to make it to Mingo County, but they were stopped on Blair Mountain by coal company supporters where a five-day battle began before federal troops intervened and the miners were forced to surrender. The centennial celebrations and programs will span across counties and will feature plays, exhibits and even a three-day march from Marmet to Logan County to symbolize the march the miners took 100 years ago. For more info,go to www.https://www.blair100.com.