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Harpers Ferry

The Nation's River

Ed Felker | Posted 11.14.2012 | Green
Read More: Documentary, Inc., Hunter Weeks, Film, Clean Water Act, Where the Yellowstone Goes, Pollution, Movie, Potomac River, Trout Headwaters, Mount Vernon, Harpers Ferry, Fishing, Kayaking, Potomac River Polluted, Green News
Ed Felker

The Clean Water Act was critically important and made a real difference, but has it gone far enough? Perhaps a new documentary about the Potomac River will help shine a light on how the law has worked and, more importantly, how it hasn't.

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Garrett Peck, Cocktail Aficionado, Has A New Book About The Potomac River

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 05.24.2012 | DC
Read More: The Potomac River: A History and Guide, DC History, Dc Books, Mount Vernon, Video, George Washington, Harpers Ferry, District of Columbia, Dc Around Town, Garrett Peck, The Potomac River, Slideexpand, Dc Writers, John Brown, DC News

WASHINGTON -- The Potomac River has shaped history. It's also an awfully nice place to go for a hike. Both these aspects of the river are explored in ...

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One Day Hike: Torture and Fun on the C&O Canal

Arin Greenwood | Posted 06.30.2012 | DC
Read More: C and O Canal, One Day Hike, Harpers Ferry, Dc Hiking Trails, Dc Hiking, Dc Around Town, Slideexpand, C&O Canal, C&O Canal Hikes, Thompson Boat Center, One Day Hike Dc, DC News
Arin Greenwood

A 31-mile day hike sounds impressive until you meet the people who are walking 62 miles in one day.

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John Brown's Body Lies A-Moldering in Upstate New York

Alfred Gingold | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: History, Heroes, Harpers Ferry, Terrorism, Slavery, Terrorist, Civil War, Race, John Brown, Race Relations, Lake PLacid, New York News
Alfred Gingold

150 years after his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown looms ever larger in the national psyche, either a great martyr to a just and necessary cause, or our first domestic terrorist.

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