Fred Amstrong receiving his 2008 WV History Hero Award from Secretary of Education and the Arts Kay Goodwin, the person who approved firing Amstrong

Fred Armstrong has been in the Charleston news a lot lately, after being hauled out of the WV Cultural Center by guards. The WV Labor History Association nominated him to become a 2008 WV History Hero - an award that he co-founded several years ago. Last Thursday during History Day at the Legislature, he was the first person to receive the award along with 30 others including Ken Hechler. Above and below are some photos I took of Armstrong as he continues to seek justice in WV courts. Here is a report from one person on the events of the day.

Fred with friends in the Great Hall during the breakfast before the History Heroes ceremony.

Fred Armstrong visits with some members of his staff in the Rotunda. Armstrong was back in the Archives library within hours of being escorted out, and spends a lot of time there and in the WVLC Reference Library working on history, etc. As a public citizen, he cannot be barred.

Fred Armstrong with Ken Hechler who also received a 2008 WV History Hero Award.

The Group Save our Archives had a booth, right next door to the booth for the Division of Culture & History, in the State Rotunda on WV History Day

Robert Conte, chairman of the groups giving the History Awards, in the middle with acting director of Archives, Joe Geiger, on your right. The co-chair of the event, Mr. X, is on the left.

Fred Armstrong received a “Smile” from the Charleston Gazette on Saturday, February 23, 2006

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