The "Civil War Showcase" in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, offers an immersive experience of the Civil War era. Visitors are greeted at a replica of John Brown's engine house and can explore ...

I learned the story of John Brown at an early age. It might have been that my father told my siblings and me about the history of Harpers Ferry as we ... in the National Museum of African American ...

During their trip to Harpers Ferry, Laurita and Lauren explore the town's influential role in American history. On October 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown launched a raid on the federal arsenal ...

It begins at 9:30 a.m. in the Allies for Freedom, 2nd floor of the John Brown Museum in Lower Town, Harpers Ferry where they will serve pastries and coffee. John Brown, who was born in 1800 ...

"Americans do not deliberate about John Brown—they feel him," says Dennis Frye, the National Park Service's chief historian at Harpers Ferry. "He is still alive today in the American soul.

Historian Dennis Frye comments: "Brown still controls his own destiny. He commands the approaches in and out of Harpers Ferry.… So the question is, why didn’t John Brown leave?" "He stayed ...

On October 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown and his ... curator at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond explained the events that took place at Harpers Ferry in 1859.