The town of Moweaqua created a memorial on the site of the 1932 coal mine disaster.  In addition to the granite column inscribed with the names of the victims –>

the memorial site has a historical marker reading: “This is the site of the Moweaqua Coal Mine Disaster which on December 24, 1932 took the lives of all 54 miners entering the mine that day. The Moweaqua Coal Mine was Shelby County’s largest. An unprecedented drop in barometric pressure allowed methane gas to escape into the mine. The explosion occurred at 8 a.m. when the gas was ignited by open flame carbide lights. Efforts of rescue teams searching for survivors were in vain, although all bodies were recovered. This marked the end of the era of open flame carbide lights.”

According to the 2013 issue of Illinois History, every Christmas and Memorial Day a ceremony is held at which each lost miner is recalled.  Moweaqua preserves the generational memory of this defining loss to the community.