Greetings from Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Last year, I volunteered with a group of my coworkers at Harpers Ferry. We rebuilt a historic wooden fence and when I went back six months later, it was still standing!

Sincerely,
Christina

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

As a vital early American town, Harpers Ferry has been the site of a number of historical events. It was a point of supply for Meriwether Lewis’s Corps of Discovery, the site of John Brown’s abolitionist raid in 1859, a key Civil War battlefield, and the meeting place for the Niagara Movement, a 1906 gathering of civil rights leaders. Its position at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers not only set the stage for such historic events but also makes the park a haven for rare native plants.

State(s): Maryland Virginia, West Virginia,

Established: 1944

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