BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ZContent.net//Zap Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry UID:2008-05-22-07-05-52-63-@americanhistorycalendar.com SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:OPAQUE RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTH=10;BYMONTHDAY=16 DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20081016 DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20081017 DTSTAMP:20260415T183707 CATEGORIES:Civil War Events LOCATION:Harpers Ferry\, West Virginia GEO:39.3253786;-77.7388818 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n

John Brown’s Raid on H arpers Ferry took place on October 16, 1859, when abolitionist John Brown led a small group of followers in an attack on the federal armory in Harpe rs Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). His goal was to seize weapons and start a slave uprising across the South. The raid failed after U.S. Marine s, led by Colonel Robert E. Lee, captured Brown and his men. Brown was lat er tried and executed for treason, but his actions increased tensions betw een the North and South and helped lead to the Civil War.

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DESCRIPTION:John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry took place on October 16\, 1859\, when abolitionist John Brown led a small group of followers in an attack on the federal armory in Harpers Ferry\, Virginia (now West Virgini a). His goal was to seize weapons and start a slave uprising across the So uth. The raid failed after U.S. Marines\, led by Colonel Robert E. Lee\, c aptured Brown and his men. Brown was later tried and executed for treason\ , but his actions increased tensions between the North and South and helpe d lead to the Civil War.\n\n URL:https://americanhistorycalendar.com/component/zcalendar/2,2932-john-bro wns-raid-on-harpers-ferry?Itemid= END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR