Bridge over the Potomac
The bridge in the image carries State Road 340 across the Potomac River near Harpers Ferry WV and just downriver from the confluence of the Potomac and Savannah Rivers. The story of this region of the US at 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
Photo credit: © Jim Kidd / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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