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A Heartfelt Thanks for the Step Up

All of the Foundation’s good work is thanks to the generous donations of time, funding and supplies. We would…

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Warrior Expeditions

This past summer, the Trail and Town Alliance, a standing committee of the Foundation, coordinated the hosting of 15…

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Taking Our Work to New Heights

We are making great progress at First Zion! Water damage to the ceiling revealed a tantalizing peak at a…

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Jane Rissler

The Harpers Ferry-Bolivar Historic Town Foundation is honored and deeply grateful to have received a significant bequest from the…

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A Cool Picture

Check out this picture of Harpers Ferry taken by the Army Air Force in 1930! Our town has undergone…

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The Schilling Family

A friend of the Foundation, Chris Schilling, reached out to us with his family history in Bolivar and some…

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William A. Saunders was the longest serving Black professor at Storer College in Harpers Ferry, but his fascinating life…

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Our foundation vice chair, Lynn Pechuekonis, published a book! Man of Sterling Worth: Professor William A. Saunders of Storer…

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John Wesley Church

While the iconic St. Peters Roman Catholic Church in Lower Town is surely the most well-known religious building in…

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Walking Through History

The U.S. Civil Rights movement can be said to have been advanced in Harpers Ferry, not only by the…

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