Tourist Parking lot in Harpers Ferry, WV
Harpers Ferry is a fascinating place to visit in nice weather and there are good provisions for tourism such as this parking lot where a bus may be caught to get into the historic district. The entire town of Harpers Ferry and much of the surrounding area is part of a National Historical Park. HARPERS FERRY NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK is located at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in the 3-states area of West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland. The story of Harpers Ferry is more than one event, one date, or one individual. It involves 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. Harpers Ferry witnessed the first successful application of interchangeable manufacture, the arrival of the first successful American railroad, John Brown's attack on slavery, the largest surrender of Federal troops during the Civil War, and the education of former slaves in one of the earliest integrated schools in the United States.
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Location: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA, North America
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