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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park - Prospects of Peace: A Soldier’s Prayer


category : Historic Parks
Prospects of Peace: A Soldier’s Prayer presents a special program focusing on Yuletide 1864 when Harpers Ferry soldiers attempted to create their own version of Christmas on the battle front. Programs and activities will feature local citizens and soldiers preparing for the Yuletide, a Civil War style Santa Claus dispersing presents to the soldiers, a Victorian Cotillion, Yuletide confections, and special guided walking tours.


Address: P.O. Box 65

Phone: 304-535-6298
Our Website:www.nps.gov/hafe/home.htm

Come visit us in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park - Bill Barker as Thomas Jefferson

July 29, 2006
1:00 p.m.
This Scene is Worth a Voyage Across the Atlantic with Bill Barker as Thomas Jefferson (Lower Town)
3:00 p.m.
The Object of Your Mission: Thomas Jefferson and the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Bill Barker as Thomas Jefferson (Lower Town)

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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park - I Will Follow Them To the Death: Sheridan’s Soldiers 1864

I Will Follow Them To the Death: Sheridan’s Soldiers 1864 presents Harpers Ferry as the staging area for Union General Philip Sheridan’s Shenandoah Campaign. Members of the reactivated living history group 11

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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park - Civil War Preservation Trust Park Day

Volunteers interested in history and preservation contact David Fox at (304) 535-6282 or david_fox@

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