Thousands of lives have been lost in the pursuit of coal to fuel homes and manufacturing since the Industrial Revolution, and in Frostburg, Maryland there’s a memorial to the hundreds of men (and some boys) who died in ghastly mine accidents between 1838 and 2007. The immersive memorial opened in August 2024. It sits on … Continue reading Coal miner reading a book: A memorial to those who died in the Appalachians of western Maryland
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Dan Rodricks 