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150th Anniversary of the Harper's Ferry Raid

Started by CountDeMoney, April 22, 2009, 05:27:09 AM

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CountDeMoney

April 22, 2009, 05:27:09 AM
This summer and into the fall there will be a slew of events throughout the Harper's Ferry region commemorating the 150th anniversary of Captain John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, celebrating the greatest American not to have his own holiday.

QuoteFour states and four counties have begun preparations to commemorate the 2009 Sesquicentennial Anniversary of abolitionist John Brown's raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry. The John Brown 150th Anniversary Quad-State Committee, comprised of various historians and officials from West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland, are planning and coordinating a range of commemoration events. Officials responsible for organizing the commemorations say that events will include re-enactments, dramatic productions, art exhibits, academic lectures, special tours and much more.

http://www.johnbrownraid.org/index.php

http://abolitionist-john-brown.blogspot.com/

QuoteJohn Brown Remembered Symposium
October 14-17, 2009
http://www.harpersferryhistory.org/johnbrown/index.htm

Who wants to go this fall? Punch will be served.

CountDeMoney

#1
April 22, 2009, 05:28:52 AM
Lettow77: not invited.

katmai

#2
April 22, 2009, 05:35:56 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 22, 2009, 05:28:52 AM
Lettow77: not invited.

But we could lynch him so he can see the aspects of being a runaway negro?!
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CountDeMoney

#3
April 22, 2009, 05:37:32 AM
Quote from: katmai on April 22, 2009, 05:35:56 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 22, 2009, 05:28:52 AM
Lettow77: not invited.

But we could lynch him so he can see the aspects of being a runaway negro?!

Actually, I was planning to reenact the March to the Sea through interpretive dance on him.

Martinus

#4
April 22, 2009, 06:10:57 AM
I'd go if I were in the US.

Martinus

#5
April 22, 2009, 06:11:19 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 22, 2009, 05:37:32 AM
Quote from: katmai on April 22, 2009, 05:35:56 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 22, 2009, 05:28:52 AM
Lettow77: not invited.

But we could lynch him so he can see the aspects of being a runaway negro?!

Actually, I was planning to reenact the March to the Sea through interpretive dance on him.
Would it involve a baseball bat?

CountDeMoney

#6
April 22, 2009, 06:13:52 AM
Quote from: Martinus on April 22, 2009, 06:11:19 AM
Would it involve a baseball bat?

Yes.  And kerosene.

grumbler

#7
April 22, 2009, 08:05:15 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 22, 2009, 05:27:09 AM
Who wants to go this fall? Punch will be served.
We do have to do a Languish meet in Harper's Ferry.
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grumbler

#8
April 22, 2009, 08:07:11 AM
Quote from: Martinus on April 22, 2009, 06:10:57 AM
I'd go if I were in the US.
Sorry, Marti, but this is talking about Harper's Ferry, not Harper's Fairy.
The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

Bayraktar!

Ed Anger

#9
April 22, 2009, 08:22:49 AM
Quote from: Martinus on April 22, 2009, 06:10:57 AM
I'd go if I were in the US.

No gays or dogs allowed.
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garbon

#10
April 22, 2009, 09:43:33 AM
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Ed Anger

#11
April 22, 2009, 09:46:20 AM
Quote from: garbon on April 22, 2009, 09:43:33 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 22, 2009, 08:22:49 AM
No gays or dogs allowed.

Hey! :angry:

No Polish gays or dogs allowed.

better?  :hug:
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Queequeg

#12
April 22, 2009, 11:50:54 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 22, 2009, 08:22:49 AM
Quote from: Martinus on April 22, 2009, 06:10:57 AM
I'd go if I were in the US.

No gays or dogs allowed.
Lol have you been reading about Russian parks? 
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
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#13
April 22, 2009, 12:32:06 PM
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MadImmortalMan

#14
April 22, 2009, 12:34:16 PM
If I have any traveling to do for work this fall, I'll definitely arrange for it to be then. I'm fairly sure I'll be in the area in August though.
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