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Delegation-The Legacy of Coal in America's Heartland

By Pam Richart, on October 7th, 2010

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The Legacy of Coal in America’s Heartland

Delegation to Southern Illinois with Jeff Biggers November 5, 6 and 7

Travel with EJC to southern Illinois where we will experience the ecological, economic and social footprint of coal.  Our guide will be award-winning journalist and cultural historian Jeff Biggers, whose family homestead in the Shawnee National Forest has been strip-mined.

Highlights of the tour include:

Visits to: Mother Jones’ tomb at the Union Miners Cemetery [...]

October 7th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Coal, Events | Comments are closed