A statement about the legacy of John Brown, who hoped to start a revolt by enslaved people in the run-up to the Civil War, was removed from a page on the website of Harpers Ferry National ...

The webpage's administrators temporarily changed an introductory paragraph to emphasize “Black/White Cooperation.” ...

Hundreds of original features – locks, lock houses ... the Civil War bike tour and Shenandoah and Skyline Drive bike tours visit part of the towpath near historic Harpers Ferry.

The Underground Railroad—flourished from the end of the 18th century to the end of the Civil War, was one of the most significant expressions of the American civil rights movement during its ...

Even as he saw his bill through the Senate (it now called for the division of Nebraska into two territories, one of them Kansas) and an uneasy House of ... armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

“I fell in love with war the way a kid might on the fields of Gettysburg and Antietam or at Harpers Ferry. But I also began to learn about ... and face court challenges from unions and civil rights ...

You can explore lots of interesting Civil War sites while visiting, such as battlefields and monuments, along with museums such as the West Virginia State Museum and West Virginia Independence Hall ...

What’s great: You’re in the heart of American history at Richmond’s Linden Row Inn, which is comprised of seven 19th-century row homes. Edgar Allen Poe played in the garden here as a child, and it ...

An historical marker honoring the Rev. Dr. William Jefferson White, who fought for civil and religious rights, will be ...