It is more than one event, one date, or one individual. It is multi-layered - involving a diverse number of people and events that influenced the course of our nation's history. 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.
Harpers Ferry is step back in time ....
... even the Americans in the 1800s enjoyed coffee!
The Shenandoah River, to the left, joins the Potomac River, to the right.
The railroad spans the Shenandoah River with a pedestrian bridge ...
... that is part of the Appalachian Trail.
Americans built quality iron works over 100 years ago ..
... although the roof on the stone house fell to the elements.
Here's a view of the Potomac from the Maryland side of the bridge.
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church rises above the town ...
... from its Facebook page (link),
The original church was built in 1833 in a pseudo-Gothic style which it kept through the Civil War, in which it was the only church in Harpers Ferry to escape destruction. The church was extensively altered in 1896 in the then-popular Neo-Gothic style to produce the church seen today.
... even the Americans in the 1800s enjoyed coffee!
The Shenandoah River, to the left, joins the Potomac River, to the right.
The railroad spans the Shenandoah River with a pedestrian bridge ...
... that is part of the Appalachian Trail.
Americans built quality iron works over 100 years ago ..
Here's a view of the Potomac from the Maryland side of the bridge.
... from its Facebook page (link),
The original church was built in 1833 in a pseudo-Gothic style which it kept through the Civil War, in which it was the only church in Harpers Ferry to escape destruction. The church was extensively altered in 1896 in the then-popular Neo-Gothic style to produce the church seen today.
Harpers Ferry contributed to the Lewis and Clark Expedition - something I did not know!
As we waited for the shuttle back to the parking lot, I spotted this "house within a house".
Mahalo,
Kim in Baltimore
Aloha Spirit in Charm City
As we waited for the shuttle back to the parking lot, I spotted this "house within a house".
Mahalo,
Kim in Baltimore
Aloha Spirit in Charm City
