WEST FRANKFORT – Tuesday marks the 70th anniversary of the Orient #2 Mine Explosion that killed 119 coal miners in Franklin County.
The miners will be honored tonight at 7 p.m.at a memorial service at First Christian Church in West Frankfort.
To learn more about the Orient #2 Mine Explosion, visit westfrankfort-il.com, click on History, then Mine Disaster of 1951.