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Harper's Ferry

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Harper's Ferry [ˈhɑːpəz]
n
(Placename) a village in NE West Virginia, at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers: site of an arsenal seized by John Brown (1859). Pop.: 308 (1990)
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Noun1.Harper's Ferry - a small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers who captured an arsenal that was located there
Harpers Ferry
Mountain State, West Virginia, WV - a state in east central United States
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The American Antiquarian Society begins a series of programs commemorating the 150th anniversary of John Brown's raid on the United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry with a lecture at 7:30 tonight in Antiquarian Hall, 185 Salisbury Street, by Bruce Ronda, author of "Reading the Old Man: John Brown in American Culture.
Antiquarian Society series examines John Brown by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
1859: John Brown, anti-slavery campaigner whose soul marched on in the famous song, was executed for treason against the state of Virginia after leading a raid on the Harper's Ferry federal arsenal.
ON THIS DAY IN .. by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Newspaper advertisements never failed to mention the town's historical significance as a complement to its natural splendor: The visitor to Harper's Ferry is doubly paid, for he not only feels the thrilling impulses which come from a contemplation, of the movement of the first martyr of a true and not a spurious American freedom, but the natural beauty of the place appeals strongly to the most refined and exalted part of his being.
The political work of leisure: class, recreation, and African ... by Kahrl, Andrew W. / Journal of Social History
 
 
 
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