Honor Roll

Historical marker location:

13272 N Mountaineer Hwy, Arthurdale, West Virginia

( Memorial is on North Mountaineer Highway (West Virginia Route 92) 0.1 miles south of A Road, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1943

Arthurdale 1934.

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.