Running to Freedom: Fighting for Freedom
Harpers Ferry Park Black History Month (February)
Harpers Ferry Park Black History Month (February)
In conjunction with Black History Month, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is pleased to announce its Black History Month program for 2012. Throughout February, a special exhibit, Running to Freedom: Fighting for Freedom, will focus on the African American struggle to escape bondage and fight to end the institution of slavery.
This special exhibit will open on Sunday, February 5, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. on the second floor of the John Brown Museum on Shenandoah Street in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Come learn Harpers Ferry's role in this story as one of many Union garrison towns where runaway slaves, or "contraband," sought refuge. Find out also about African Americans who served in the military, including West Virginia's Martin Delany, the only black officer to receive the rank of major during the Civil War.
For additional information, please call the Park Information Center at 304-535-6029.
The passage of the Patowmac through the Blue Ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in Nature.
... This scene is worth a voyage across the Atlantic ...
Thomas Jefferson, 1783
... This scene is worth a voyage across the Atlantic ...
Thomas Jefferson, 1783
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Today the Harpers Ferry National Historic Park surrounds the town, providing visitors with tours, museums, hiking and biking trails, and restored 19th century streetscapes --- all within easy walking distance of the living history village. Harpers Ferry is a place for all seasons where you, your family, and your friends can savor the delights of Harper Ferry's unique history and exquisite geography throughout the year. Each month offers its own beauty and charm, as well as a special array of events and activities. "Journey back" into history and to historical Harpers Ferry again and again....
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