A Moving Symbol - Harper’s Ferry NHP – Harper’s Ferry, W. Va.
N 39° 18.481 W 077° 45.703
18S E 261879 N 4354595
This is one of several markers located at the Murphy-Chambers Farm of Harper's Ferry National Historic Park, County Road 340/5 , District of Harper's Ferry, Jefferson County, West Virginia
Waymark Code: WMPJBT
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2015
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"In it really began the Civil War.
Here was lighted the torch of liberty for all America…
For you this is the most hallowed shrine in this country. Henry McDonald, Storer College president
The foundations in front of you mark a temporary site of John Brown’s Fort, from 1895 to 1909. Originally located in Harpers Ferry, the fort was moved four times in 75 years. Entrepreneurs dismantled it and then rebuilt it on location at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. After the exhibition, journalist Kate Field saved the fort from demolition by raising the funds to move it here to Murphy Farm. In 1901 Storer College President Henry McDonald brought the fort to the college’s Harpers Ferry campus. After the closing of Storer College the National Park Service returned the fort near its original location in Harpers Ferry (lower town), where it stands today."
Group that erected the marker: National Park Service
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
County Road 340/5
Harper's Ferry NHP
Harpers Ferry, WV USA
25425
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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