Pilgrimage - Harper’s Ferry NHP – Harper’s Ferry, W. Va.
N 39° 18.482 W 077° 45.703
18S E 261880 N 4354597
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: WMPJC9
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2015
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"In July 1896, members of the National League of Colored Women traveled here from Washington, D.C. and posed for their picture in front of John Brown’s Fort. The women came to pay homage to Brown and his raiders, establishing a pilgrimage tradition for other civil rights organizations.
Mary Church Terrell, the League’s first president, helped lead its fight against lynchings and racial segregation. She described the organization’s mission as: “lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go…we knock at the bar of justice asking an equal chance.”"
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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