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I took a roadtrip to Matewan (where much of the war itself was centered, Blair Mountain is nearby, but it's just one battle in a larger war), and there's a little gift shop across the street from the Mine Wars Museum.
I distinctly remember looking at a rack of bumper stickers, and on the left side were stickers about the Mine Wars: Miners Union logos, "Rah rah, we'd do it again if we had to" kinds of slogans. Stuff like that. In the right side of the rack were all Trump stickers.
Matewan is a fascinating place with a lot of history, in a very beautiful part of the US. I would encourage everyone to go, if you have the chance. The people there are all incredibly kind, and very excited to tell you about the history of their home. But it is nothing of not a land of contradictions, and that rack of bumper stickers was really emblematic of that.