"Mac" McClure

ID: 541 ~ Date: ca. 1918
This file appears in: Fort Valley Manganese Mines
"Mac" McClure
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Photograph showing "Mac" McClure, an employee of the mine company, carrying the Powell's Fort Mining Company's service flag sometime in 1918. This flag contained 26 stars, recognizing the 26 mine employees who were providing essential government work during the war.

This file appears in: Fort Valley Manganese Mines

Fort Valley Manganese Mines

By The Shenandoah Stories team
When Europe went to war in August of 1914 the residents of Fort Valley Virginia could have scarcely realized how important their small community would become to the US economy. During the late…