Ron Wilson speaking before a packed house at the Charlottesville Senior Center. This is the sixth and final part in this series for 2010.
Regular listeners of our podcasts might know Rick Britton. He’s a historian and cartographer and a frequent guest on WINA’s Charlottesville Right Now with Coy Barefoot. Rick also organizes a Civil War lecture and day-trip series in conjunction with the Charlottesville Senior Center.
On Wednesday October 20, 2010, Ron Wilson, who served for 25 years as historian at Appomattox Court House national park, delivered a presentation on John Brown’s Harpers Ferry raid. On October 16th, 1859, fanatical abolitionist Brown, with an "army" of 21 men, captured the Harpers Ferry-located U.S. Armory & Arsenal with the hope of inciting a slave rebellion. Instead he was captured by U.S. Marines under then Lieut. Col. Robert E. Lee, tried for treason by the State of Virginia, and hung in nearby Charles Town.
On Wednesday October 27th, Rick Britton & Ron Wilson will conduct a tour of Harpers Ferry, an absolute must see for every history enthusiast. The bus tour departs from the Charlottesville Senior Center at 8:00 am. There is a fee for the tour. Call 974-6538 for more information
This is the sixth and final part in this series for 2010.