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The Best Things To Do In Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Southern Living via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFilled with history, natural beauty, and plenty of Appalachian charm, Harpers Ferry is a Mountain...
Harpers Ferry Raiders descendants at John Brown Day
Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMay 19—LAKE PLACID — Capt. John Brown Raiders John Henry Kagi and Lewis Sheridan Leary were represented by their descendants at John Brown Day 2023, dedicated to the late Russell Banks in Lake ...
163rd anniversary of John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry
The Frederick News-Post, Md. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 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 ...
This week in West Virginia history
Times West Virginian, Fairmont via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 15—CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at wvencyclopedia.org. Oct. 16, 1859: John ...
John Brown was a violent crusader, but he blazed a moral path that the cautious Lincoln followed to...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPresident Lincoln was a statesman. John Brown was a radical. That’s the traditional view of how each...
How visiting the scene of our country's most divisive time gave me hope for today's crisis
Kitsap Sun via Yahoo News· 10 months agoConsidering the nation’s increasing political divisiveness, I decided it was a good summer to expose my children to a time in history when our country was more divided than it is today. So our ...
Why Malcolm X said white people should be like abolitionist John Brown
theGrio via AOL· 11 months agoOPINION: To commemorate the civil rights leader's birthday, we looked back at what Malcolm X had to...
New exhibit opens at Black Knight
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 1 month agoApr. 3—A traveling exhibit detailing West Virginia's journey to statehood will be on display at Beckley's Historic Black Knight municipal park until the end of April. The exhibit, called "Born ...
9 Southern Destinations To Visit By Train
Southern Living via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWith Amtrak routes that crisscross across the South, vacationing by train has never been easier. Courtesy of Amtrak Imagine that you’re on a train bound...
She was an education pioneer. At 108, Edith Renfrow Smith shares her life lessons.
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAt 108, Edith Renfrow Smith can still recall memories from her childhood in Grinnell, Iowa, as if...
