Harper Cemetery

Historical marker location:

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

( Marker is on Fillmore Street, 0.2 miles east of Columbia Street, on the right when traveling east.)

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.