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Have you ever visited the John Brown Monument in Akron? Here is an opportunity. The Summit County Historical Society, the John Brown Institute, the Akron Bicentennial Commission and the Akron Zoo are ...
John Brown is one of the most polarizing figures in American history. But it was an experience in his youth that seared an ...
AKRON, Ohio – The Summit County Historical Society will soon host a hike to the John Brown Monument followed by a ceremony that highlights the abolitionist’s life. The event, slated for May 9 ...
Zoo guests will learn how the city's Black residents worked to support the construction of the John Brown Monument and fought plans to move the zoo from Perkins Woods. The exhibit will also ...
First Minister John Swinney and former prime minister Gordon Brown joined the service at St ... Royal Mile shouting he was a “traitor”. The memorial is being led by Reverend George Whyte.
John Brown was a man of action -- a man who would not be deterred from his mission of abolishing slavery. On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry ...
National Parks across the US are filled with history, like Florida's Dade Battlefield Historic State Park and its costly past, or John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, and its recent discoveries ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - An assessment of restoring the historic Mayhew Cabin and John Brown’s Cave site in Nebraska City estimates it would cost in excess of $20 million to make it a ...
Have you ever visited the John Brown Monument in Akron? Here is an opportunity. Events include a free hike to the memorial at 3:30 p.m. May 9 at the zoo entrance at 505 Euclid Ave. The monument ...