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From left, singer-songwriter Tom Breiding and United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts are shown onstage at the “Keep the Promise” rally in Washington, D.C.

Retired Cumberland miner Dave “Leggs” Huntley of Holbrook shows the wear and tear that 30 years of mining did to his hard hat. Huntley was one of more than 8,000 UMWA workers and supporters from seven states who rallied in Washington, D.C., Thursday for health care and pension funding for retired miners.