Revolutionary War

Historical marker location:

Weirton, West Virginia

( Memorial is on Military Road, 0.1 miles south of Marshaling Yard Drive, on the right when traveling south.)

1775 - 1783.

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, is the site of John Brown's raid in 1859, which is considered a major event leading up to the Civil War. Brown and his supporters attempted to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in an effort to arm slaves and start a rebellion against slaveholders.