• Interior of the John Brown Fort

    Harpers Ferry

    National Historical Park WV,VA,MD

News Releases

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2013 Press Releases

Women's History Month Program presents Necessity the Mother of Invention - March 23 & 24

"Knitting A La Mode" - 19th Century Techniques for 21st Century Knitters workshop - March 23 & 24
Industrial History: As American As Apple Pie - March 9

Archived News Releases

Did You Know?

The present day view from Jefferson Rock is still breathtaking.

Thomas Jefferson visited Harpers Ferry in 1783 and wrote "The passage of the Patowmac through the Blue Ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in Nature."