Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. It is between the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers where the states of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia meet.
As of the census in the year 2000 the town has a population of 307 people.
It contains three historical places, the B&O Railroad Potomac River Crossing, and St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, and the lower half of the town in which John Brown's raid took place.
John Brown
This raid was meant to cause an uprising in the South.
The weapons Brown captured were intended to arm black Americans and slaves.
Eventually the United States Marine Corps. (led by Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Lee) captured Brown and his men.
Brown was tried for treason against the state of Virginia, he was then convicted and hanged for his actions.
Harper's Ferry also used to be home to Storer College whose campus is now a part of the National Historic Park.
At this college was the first meeting of the Niagra Movement led by W.E.B Du Bois to secure civil rights for African Americans.
Du Bois later descirbed this three day meeting as "one of the greatest meetings that American Negroes ever held."
W.E.B Du Bois
Fun Facts:
1) During the Civil War Harper's Ferry traded sides 8 times.
2) During the Gilded Age Harper's Ferry was a place where all wealthy, upper-class people got together and stayed for the summer. All of this ended when the United States entered the Great Depression.
Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. It is between the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers where the states of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia meet.
As of the census in the year 2000 the town has a population of 307 people.
It contains three historical places, the B&O Railroad Potomac River Crossing, and St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, and the lower half of the town in which John Brown's raid took place.
Harper's Ferry also used to be home to Storer College whose campus is now a part of the National Historic Park.
At this college was the first meeting of the Niagra Movement led by W.E.B Du Bois to secure civil rights for African Americans.
Du Bois later descirbed this three day meeting as "one of the greatest meetings that American Negroes ever held."
Fun Facts:
1) During the Civil War Harper's Ferry traded sides 8 times.
2) During the Gilded Age Harper's Ferry was a place where all wealthy, upper-class people got together and stayed for the summer. All of this ended when the United States entered the Great Depression.
3) During the Civil War a contingent from Marlborough, Massachusetts took a bell from the armory that John Brown raided. It is currently at the Marlborough fire station. http://www.marlborough-ma.gov/gen/MarlboroughMA_Historical/jbbell
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