Celebrating A New Pope And The Taste Of Mothman, This West Virginia Week
A new pope, a new effort to save pets in the Mountain State and a new potato chip -- a lot to report on this West Virginia Week.
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New Battlefield Site Replacing Dilapidated Harpers Ferry Buildings
Five derelict buildings in Harpers Ferry are being torn down beginning this month. A new battlefield landscape will take their place.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsJohn Brown’s Abolitionist Raid On Harpers Ferry, 165 Years Later
Today, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia is a hotspot for American history buffs. But 165 years before any tourists came to town, fighters here clashed in a prelude to the United States Civil War.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAffrilachian Poet Frank X Walker’s New Collection Explores The Civil War In Kentucky
Frank X Walker is a Kentucky poet who in 1991 became a founding member of the Affrilachian poets. Walker says the word “Affrilachia” “...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFrank X. Walker And Flood Stories Past And Present, Inside Appalachia
This week, Affrilachian poet Frank X. Walker has a new collection of poetry that looks at Black life in Kentucky before, during, and after the Civil War. We also check in with the people affected by flo...
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Conserving W.Va. History, Joining A Silent Book Club And Celebrating Tourism, This West Virginia Week
On this West Virginia Week, we spend some time in the Eastern Panhandle and learn about a new Battlefield Park, hear from a Harpers Ferry author and explore the unknown future of the John Brown Wax Museum. We also travel to Morgantown to experience a Silent Book Club, and then south to Logan County to check out the hopes riding on the inaugural Governor’s School for Tourism.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHarpers Ferry Wax Museum Closes, Collection’s Fate Uncertain
The John Brown Wax Museum in Harpers Ferry has permanently closed. Its building was sold to a private retailer, and its owner is still looking for a buyer for the wax figure collection.
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