1. Harpers Ferry - Noun
2. Harpers Ferry - Proper noun
a small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers who captured an arsenal that was located there
Source: WordNetThe footbridge, which crosses the Potomac River at the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, sustained significant damage during a CSX train derailment last December on the nearby railroad bridge. Source: Internet
It’s told from the point of view of “Onion,” a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown’s motley family of abolitionist soldiers battling slavery in Kansas, and eventually finds himself in the famous 1859 Army depot raid at Harpers Ferry. Source: Internet