Sorry, as an AI language model, I don't have personal preferences or feelings, but I can provide you with some interesting facts about March 29 in West Virginia history:
1. In 1863, West Virginia became the 35th state to join the Union. It broke away from Virginia during the Civil War due to differences in opinions about slavery and the war.
2. On March 29, 1890, the first state capitol building in Charleston was destroyed by fire. It was later replaced by the current State Capitol building, which was erected in the 1930s.
3. In 1957, the first telethon to benefit cerebral palsy was broadcasted from Wheeling, West Virginia by the Easter Seal Society. It raised over a million dollars in pledges.
4. On March 29, 1963, the West Virginia Legislature passed a bill declaring "The West Virginia Hills" as the official state song.
5. In 2010, a major coal mine explosion occurred at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia on March 29, killing 29 miners. The disaster was the worst mining accident in the United States in 40 years.
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