Vintage West Virginia; On This Day in West Virginia History, October 11th

October 11, 2022

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Vintage West Virginia

On October 11, 1946, Roy Lee Harmon of Raleigh County was appointed West Virginia's poet laureate for the second time.

Learn more: "Roy Lee Harmon Named Poet-Laureate By Holt" "Roy Harmon Reappointed State's Poet Laureate" "Former Post-Herald Man Poet Laureate" "Harmon, Roy Lee, Poetic Appointee" "Poet Laureate Harmon Retires" Letter, Roy Lee Harmon to Louise McNeill, n.d. (Ms84-247) "Roy Lee Harmon, 80, Dies" Birth of WV Poet Laureate Karl Myers Document-Based Questions