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Author | : Teresa S. Moyer |
Publisher | : Rowman Altamira |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780759110663 |
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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is most widely known today for the attempted slave revolt led by John Brown in 1859, the nucleus for the interpretation of the current national park. Here, Teresa S. Moyer and Paul A. Shackel tell the behind-the-scenes story of how this event was chosen and preserved for commemoration, providing lessons for federal, state, local, and non-profit organizations who continually struggle over the dilemma about which past to present to the public. Professional and non-professional audiences alike will benefit from their important insights into how federal agencies interpret the past, and in turn shape public memory.
Author | : Patricia Craig |
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Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Boarding houses |
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Total Pages | : 1 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : National Parks |
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Author | : James A. Beckman |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2020-08-10 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1439670684 |
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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is a jewel of America's National Park Service. Established by legislation and signed into law by President Roosevelt in 1944, today the park encompasses thousands of acres spanning three states as well as the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers. While the town was ravaged by repeated floods and war, it rose like a phoenix from the ashes. As a Civil War soldier presciently wrote, "In future years travelers and tourists will eagerly resort [here] . . . and history will point out [this] spot where many acts of the great tragedy, not yet closed, took place." This book chronicles the creation and development of the national park in Harpers Ferry, a park that now affords hundreds of thousands of visitors each year the opportunity to marvel at the same scenery Thomas Jefferson said was worth a voyage across the Atlantic to see and to be able to walk the old streets where so many major acts of American history took place.
Author | : United States. National Park Service |
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Total Pages | : 2 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Harpers Ferry National Historical Park |
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Author | : Dolly Nasby |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738516080 |
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, sits in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains at the confluence of two rivers, the Potomac and Shenandoah. Without the influence of John Brown and his raiders, Meriwether Lewis of Lewis and Clark fame, and Thomas Jefferson, Harpers Ferry might have remained a sleepy little village. Instead, it became a frequently contested location for troops during the Civil War and changed hands eight times. Many of the current shops and restaurants are housed in the restored original buildings, built in the 1800s. A visit to Harpers Ferry is like stepping back in time to the year 1859, because the town has been restored to that period. It has been designated a National Historical Park, with many buildings owned and maintained by the National Park Service.
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Release | : 2019 |
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Author | : Sarah H. Heald |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Harpers Ferry National Historical Park |
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Author | : Dolly Nasby |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738544144 |
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The site of one of George Washington's arsenals and John Brown's failed raid is depicted in photographs, showing how the town has barely changed over time due to the National Park Service's restorations.
Author | : United States. National Park Service |
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Total Pages | : 1 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) |
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