The Making of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Title | The Making of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park PDF eBook |
Author | Teresa S. Moyer |
Publisher | Rowman Altamira |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780759110663 |
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is most widely known today for the attempted slave revolt led by John Brown in 1859, the nucleus for the interpretation of the current national park. Here, Teresa S. Moyer and Paul A. Shackel tell the behind-the-scenes story of how this event was chosen and preserved for commemoration, providing lessons for federal, state, local, and non-profit organizations who continually struggle over the dilemma about which past to present to the public. Professional and non-professional audiences alike will benefit from their important insights into how federal agencies interpret the past, and in turn shape public memory.
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Title | Harpers Ferry National Historical Park PDF eBook |
Author | United States. National Park Service |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Harpers Ferry National Historical Park |
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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, General Management Plan
Title | Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, General Management Plan PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2009 |
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Harpers Ferry
Title | Harpers Ferry PDF eBook |
Author | James V. Murfin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 31 |
Release | 1989 |
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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Title | Harpers Ferry National Historical Park PDF eBook |
Author | James A. Beckman |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 1 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1467105430 |
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is a jewel of America's National Park Service. Established by legislation and signed into law by President Roosevelt in 1944, today the park encompasses thousands of acres spanning three states as well as the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers. While the town was ravaged by repeated floods and war, it rose like a phoenix from the ashes. As a Civil War soldier presciently wrote, "In future years travelers and tourists will eagerly resort [here] . . . and history will point out [this] spot where many acts of the great tragedy, not yet closed, took place." This book chronicles the creation and development of the national park in Harpers Ferry, a park that now affords hundreds of thousands of visitors each year the opportunity to marvel at the same scenery Thomas Jefferson said was worth a voyage across the Atlantic to see and to be able to walk the old streets where so many major acts of American history took place.
To Preserve the Evidences of a Noble Past
Title | To Preserve the Evidences of a Noble Past PDF eBook |
Author | Teresa Moyer |
Publisher | CreateSpace |
Pages | 470 |
Release | 2013-04-02 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781483965703 |
An Administrative History of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park documents the changing NPS management of a site to the present day. It illuminates the choices that bring us to the experience of Harpers Ferry that we have today and provides the park with case studies to learn from and to inform future decisions and ways of approaching the resources of the park.
Building 34-35, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Title | Building 34-35, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Craig |
Publisher | |
Pages | 366 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Boarding houses |
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