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 ...

Beginning with a searing indictment of slavery, this first episode dramatically evokes the causes of the war, from the Cotton ... John Brown at Harpers Ferry, the election of Abraham Lincoln ...

The Civil War (1861-1865) is America’s bloodiest war ... John Brown and his 1859 attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. They then create posters depicting prominent ...