Three of the men were Brown’s sons. On the evening of October 16, Brown gathered his men together and set out for Harpers Ferry. At first the raid went like clockwork. They cut telegraph wires ...

The record shows otherwise. This year, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park and surrounding communities are commemorating the 150th anniversary of Brown’s raid with at least 70 events.

Pp. xxvi, 166. Illus., maps, appends., biblio., index. $16.95 paper. ISBN: 1611215978 John Brown and the Coming of the Civil War John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry amplified North / South tensions and ...

Karen Sherry, curator at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond explained the events that took place at Harpers Ferry in 1859. She focused on the role that Dangerfield Newby ...

On October 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown and his team launched a raid on a federal armory located in Harpers Ferry which was located in the state of Virginia during that time but is now the ...

Experience John Brown’s Raid through the stories of U.S. Marines, townspeople, formerly enslaved men and women and John Brown himself on Oct. 15 and 16 at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

Oct. 10—Experience John Brown's Raid through the stories of U.S. Marines, townspeople, formerly enslaved men and women and John Brown himself on Oct. 15 and 16 at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.