Harpers Ferry National Historical Park News

The Jefferson County Black History Preservation Society has scheduled a forum on John Brown's Raid and trial.

Getting there From Lebanon, drive west on the Pennsylvania Turnpike to Exit 236.

Less than two years from now, hundreds of events and activities commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War will get underway.

If a recently completed grant application is approved, Stonewall Middle School students may soon be putting their personal stamp on history.

Workers at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park are focused on cleanup and repairs after discovering a leaking heating-fuel line.

U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives Wednesday as the chamber took up the congresswoman's resolution honoring the history and heritage of Harpers Ferry in light of the recent 150th anniversary of John Brown's historic raid.

Your landlord isn't the only one going through the change of life. The leaves are turning, and they're at their most vibrant n-o-w. Try seeing the forest for the trees in Virginia, wild West Virginia, and Maryland.

Descendants of townspeople, militia, marines, raiders and John Brown are invited to participate with readings of their ancestor's involvement during the raid.

Gathering under a rain-soaked tent mere feet from the the engine house known as John Brown's Fort, Gov.

Some 300 people spent Friday evening marching from a log farmhouse in western Maryland to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia to mark the 150th anniversary of John Brown's raid that kindled the Civil War.

Chalk up a victory for Uncle Sam over Mother Nature. Temperatures rising a little above 40 degrees and a steady drenching of rain wasn't enough to detract visitors from all over the country from visiting Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Saturday and absorbing a vital portion of U.S. history.

Three hours after darkness fell, John Brown and his band of armed men approached the bridge leading over the Potomac River to the dozing town.

On Friday, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park starts three busy days of commemorating the 150th anniversary of abolitionist John Brown's raid.

A foot race is an unusual way to see four parks in one day, but Freedom's Run takes you through Antietam National Battlefield, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, and the Potomac Heritage National Scenic.

West Virginia would get millions of dollars to fund national parks and educational programs under the version of a 2010 budget bill approved by the U.S. Senate, Sen.

The West Virginia coin in the 50 State Quarter Program featured a NPS site, the New River Gorge, so that state's place in the new series will highlight Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.

A hiker who fell Thursday morning from the Maryland Heights overlook on Harpers Ferry National Historical Park property was rescued by firefighters around 9:30 a.m., said Sgt.

The U.S. Marine Band will perform at a free public concert Labor Day weekend at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.

For the fourth straight year, the National Park Service in Harpers Ferry, W.Va., will retrace the footsteps of the participants of the 1906 Niagara Movement this Sunday.

One issue that comes up when talk turns to tourism on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park is this: How do you get there from here? The question of easy access to the canal and towpath is one of the issues being discussed as area towns try to find ways to attract more tourists, both to the C&O and to the towns.