Harpers Ferry National Historical Park



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Harpers Ferry is about more than just one date or individual, but a diverse number of people and events that influenced the course of our nation's history. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, John Brown, "Stonewall" Jackson, and Frederick Douglass are just a few of the prominent individuals who left their mark on this place.


Tubman, the Underground Railroad's most famous conductor, risked her life repeatedly to guide nearly 70 enslaved people to freedom in the North.

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