Audio Presentations

On this page, we will share with you audio files (usually mp3s) of lectures and musical performances recorded in the park. Additionally we will add podcasts created from our teacher institutes class projects.

 

• "For God's Sake, Don't Fall Back" - The Battle for Maryland Heights

  
  

  As part of the Maryland Campaign Sesquicentennial Evening Lecture Series, D. Scott Hartwig gave a lecture entitled "For God's Sake, Don't Fall Back" - The Battle for Maryland Heights. Hartwig is Historian at Gettysburg National Military Park. He presented this lecture at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park on September 13, 2012.

  Date created:

  2012-09-13

  Download Original File:

  hafe-HFNHP-ScottHartwigLectureAudio091312.mp3
  197796 KB

 

• Keynote Address "September Suspense" by Dennis Frye

  
  

  Harpers Ferry National Historical Park's Chief Historian, Dennis Frye, presents the keynote address of the Prelude to Freedom: The 1862 Battle of Harpers Ferry event.

  Date created:

  2012-09-15

  Download Original File:

  hafe-HFNHP-150th-Keynote-Frye-AUDIO.mp3
  94032 KB

 

• Sesquicentennial Panel Discussion, "Harpers Ferry 1862: Beyond the Battle"

  
  

  Sesquicentennial Panel Discussion
  "Harpers Ferry 1862: Beyond the Battle"
  Moderator: Dr. Allen C. Guelzo
  Panelists (in speaking order): D. Scott Hartwig, Kathleen Ernst, Dr. William A. Blair, Dr. James K. Bryant, II

  Date created:

  2012-09-15

  Download Original File:

  hafe-HFNHP-150th-1862-Panel-091512.mp3
  180786 KB

 

• "Telling War Stories: Reflections by a Civil War Historian"

  
  

  As part of the Maryland Campaign Sesquicentennial Lecture Series, Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust presented "Telling War Stories: Reflections by a Civil War Historian." Dr. Faust is President of Harvard University. She presented this lecture at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park on September 15, 2012.

  Date created:

  2012-09-15

  Download Original File:

  hafe-HFNHP-150th-1862-Faust-Lecture.mp3
  140024 KB