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This is an online journal of our travels through approximately 175 miles of "Hallowed Ground" in our beautiful Mid-Atlantic region, beginning in Gettysburg PA, traveling south to Charlottesville VA. We are following the route suggested in the book The Journey Through Hallowed Ground by David Edwin Lilliard (The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership, 2006). We plan to visit all of the stops along the route through the course of this year. Please stop by [often] to see where we have been lately!


Sunday, July 5, 2015

Historic Storer College

I recently attended a seminar, sponsored by the Jefferson County Historical Association in Harpers Ferry. This is Storer College, one of the first higher educational institutions, created by the Freedman's Bureau in 1867. Most of the first students had been enslaved and were now newly emancipated. Storer closed its doors in 1955, one year after the Supreme Court made its landmark ruling, outlawing segregation.
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George Washington's Mount Vernon

George and Martha had a lovely home on the Potomac!
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Even TJ likes Harpers Ferry!

Back in the day... Thomas Jefferson visited Harpers Ferry and was highly complimentary of the beautiful views. These shots are of "The Point", the convergence of three states (Virginia, West Va, and Maryland) and two rivers (Potomac, Shenandoah)
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Some scenes from beautiful Harpers Ferry, WV

We are fortunate enough to live near this beautiful battleground park. These pictures were taken in the fall in the Bolivar Heights section, where we saw the cannons and St. Peter's Cemetery.
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