You mean the birthplace of the labor movement where the US government used artillery on stinking miners?
The current government sucks, but the history has some truly glorious and revolutionary moments.
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itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 4 months agoNo one wants West Virginia
dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
jballs@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
It’s easy to shit on West Virginia now, but at least they were formed by splitting from Virginia in favor of abolishing slavery. That’s pretty cool in my book.
TommySalami@lemmy.world 4 months ago
West by God Virginia. I spent a lot of time there reminding people we fought for the north.