What happened at a small firehouse changed history. As a history lover, I wanted to visit Harpers Ferry, West Virginia for ...

Taking The Town: Harpers Ferry, W.Va., sits at the confluence of the Potomac River (right) and Shenandoah River (left). In 1859, John Brown and his raiders gained control of the town and its guns by ...

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. (AP) — Civil War firepower will be on display at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. The living history staff and volunteers with the 13th New Jersey infantry will demonstrate ...

Considering the nation’s increasing political divisiveness, I decided it was a good summer to expose my children to a time in history when our country was more divided than it is today. So our family ...

Penn State Altoona Students, faculty and staff are invited on a free one-day bus trip on Saturday, Oct. 25, to explore iconic ...

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El Dorado Hills, Savas Beatie, 2023. Pp. xxvi, 166. Illus., maps, appends., biblio., index. $16.95 paper. ISBN: 1611215978 John Brown and the Coming of the Civil War John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry ...

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — The commercial area in historic Harpers Ferry was devastated early Thursday when a fire destroyed a building that housed at least a half dozen businesses, Mayor Gregory Vaughn ...

On the evening of Oct. 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown led 21 men down the road to Harpers Ferry in what is today West Virginia. The plan was to take the town's federal armory and, ultimately, ...

On the evening Oct. 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a raid he hoped would ignite a nationwide uprising against slavery. Tony Horwitz tells... Taking The Town: Harpers Ferry, W.Va., sits at the ...