The Making of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park


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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


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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.










Harpers Ferry


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To Preserve the Evidences of a Noble Past


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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.










Harpers Ferry National Historical Park


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Excerpt from Harpers Ferry National Historical Park: Special Boundary Study, Newsletter No. 2 In 1988 Congress authorized this study to examine issues concerning lands adjacent to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. Visitors to the park are surrounded by a cultural richness and scenic beauty that is integral to the park experience. Many of these qualities come from nationally significant resources lying outside the park that are not protected and could potentially be lost through impending land use changes. The rural open landscape of the Harpers Ferry battlefield, General Stonewall Jackson's panoramic view of his surrounded foe, the magnificent downriver vista from Jefferson Rock, and the imposing backdrop of the Blue Ridge all are intrinsic and critical images that visitors retain long after their visit ends. However, early attempts to find ways of protecting these resources and preserving the visitor experience through local and state means have been unsuccessful and have lead to this special boundary study, which is being initiated to find a way to help preserve these unique resources of America's heritage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.