57 Harpers Ferry

In Podcast #57 (May 2012) the Trekkers take you to Harpers Ferry in West Virginia. At the time of John Brown’s Raid in 1851, Harpers Ferry was still part of Virginia. West Virginia didn’t become a state until it broke away during the Civil War in 1863. And although Harpers Ferry is in the Blue Ridge Mountain region, we also visited some important places in Leesburg, Virginia, which is in the Piedmont region. So this podcast is a bit of a mishmash of topics (including pie)! We’ll start at John W. Tolbert Elementary before beginning our tour. Visit the George C. Marshall Center, and find out about this Nobel Peace Prize-winning Virginia citizen; take a quick tour of Balls Bluff Battlefield, the site of a Confederate victory in 1861; and explore Harpers Ferry, where John Brown’s famous raid took place. Come on, let’s go trekking!