West Virginia National Guard
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The West Virginia National Guard is a part of the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety. It comprises the West Virginia Army National Guard and the West Virginia Air National Guard. Unlike some states, West Virginia does not maintain a state defense force, nor is there a naval component to the state's military forces.
West Virginia National Guardsmen clearing flood debris from the side of a highway at Hanover, WV, May 29, 2009
Troops of the WVARNG Quick Reaction Force training in Washington, D.C. just prior to the 2009 presidential inauguration
A C-130H of the West Virginia Air National Guard flying over Harpers Ferry, 2006
A C-5 Galaxy of the 167th Airlift Wing
Battle of Blair Mountain
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The Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest labor uprising in United States history and is the largest armed uprising since the American Civil War. The conflict occurred in Logan County, West Virginia, as part of the Coal Wars, a series of early-20th-century labor disputes in Appalachia.
Blair Mountain miner with his rifle slung over his shoulder
Two union coal miners sitting in a sniper's nest with a machine gun
Logan County Sheriff's deputies during the battle of Blair Mountain.
Political cartoon with Uncle Sam saying to the miners "I'll give you until noon Thursday to go back to your home."