When we hear mention of Harpers Ferry, John Brown’s raid to create a slave rebellion typically comes to mind. But Harpers ...

During a visit to Washington in the autumn of 1861, poet Julia Ward Howe attended a public parade and review of Union troops. On her way back to Willard's Hotel she found her carriage delayed by ...

Laurita and Lauren explore Harpers Ferry's influential role in American history. During their trip to Harpers Ferry, Laurita and Lauren explore the town's influential role in American history. On ...

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. (DC News Now) — West Virginia is overflowing with history and events that helped to shape our republic. Jefferson County, in the state’s eastern panhandle, is the dramatic setting ...

John Brown was a great man. In fact, he was the greatest white man in American history. And many history books justifiably sing his praises. But not many history books include anything about the five ...

Last Sunday was the 163rd anniversary of John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry, which for me was an excuse to flip through W.E.B. Du Bois’s 1909 biography of Brown for the first time in years. The ...

ELIZABETHTOWN — “John Brown’s Holy War” will screen at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Adirondack History Museum Film Series. Admission is free. This is a documentary that explores the life, ideology and ...

We’ve forgotten what Charles Spurgeon knew: He was radical because of the Bible and his soul is marching on. John Brown is one of the most controversial figures in the history of the United States.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Time Trial of John Brown casts audience members as jurors who decide how history should remember Brown. This ...

LAKE PLACID — The first two times Alice Keesey Mecoy and her husband, Fred, drove into the Adirondacks, it was very emotional for her. “Now, it’s not quite so emotional because I have been here so ...