• 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?

Today the John Brown Fort is across the street from its original location.

John Brown's Fort has been moved 4 times:  in 1891 to Chicago to the World's Columbian Exposition, in 1895 to the Murphy Farm near Harpers Ferry, in 1909 to Storer College Campus and in 1968 to its present location.