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Fred Long: An Edwardsville Coal Miner Remembered
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Fred Long: An Edwardsville Coal Miner Remembered
BUZZ MAGAZINE – As I prepare for the upcoming Labor Day tribute to Ernest (Fred) Long at Woodlawn Cemetery, in Edwardsville, I find myself contemplating the number etched into eternity through his headstone. Nineteen years old.More than 125 years ago, Fred Long was a coal miner who lost his life alongside seven other United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) laborers, during the Battle of Virden (Illinois) on October 12, 1898. The armed conflict ens…
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