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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.