An interactive exhibit and website honoring black World War I soldiers from West Virginia’s southern coalfields will debut Veterans Day.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — An interactive exhibit and website honoring black World War I soldiers from West Virginia’s southern coalfields will debut Veterans Day.
"Forgotten Legacy: Soldiers of the Coalfields" is a project of the West Virginia University School of Journalism.
The website launches Nov. 11.
The exhibit opens Nov. 13 at the Kimball War Memorial Building in McDowell County.
It examines the stories of blacks who migrated to McDowell to work in coal mines in the early 1900s, then served in the military.
Kimball hosts the nation’s only war memorial honoring the 400,000 black soldiers who fought in that war.
Associate professor Joel Beeson says the exhibit offers photographs, documents and memorabilia, plus a room for veterans to record their stories.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
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