John Brown Spirit of Freedom Weekend in Crawford County, Pa., May 5-6, 2007
The sixth annual John Brown Spirit of Freedom Weekend opens Saturday and continues through Sunday. The freedom weekend celebration coincides with the abolitionist's birth on May 9, 1800.
Donna Coburn, who operates the old farm site with her husband Gary, said that ever since they opened the museum in 2001, "I have just been amazed at how many people are aware and follow the story of John Brown to this day."
Brown is best remembered for his raid at Harpers Ferry in what was then Virginia on Oct. 16, 1859. Brown, and 21 followers, intended to free slaves in nearby plantations and spark a general rebellion against slavery throughout the south.
Their effort was unsuccessful and he and his surviving followers were executed within months of the raid.
Years earlier. however, Brown had a farm and a tannery business near the Crawford County community of New Richmond. The farm is located on one side of John Brown Road and the tannery is located directly across the road. John Brown Road is located off of Route 77. The farm and tannery are 12 miles from Meadville and eight miles from Cambridge Springs.
"He spent more time here than any other place," Donna Coburn said.
Food will be available throughout the weekend. It will be cooked by members of the New Richmond United Methodist Church. The proceeds from the food will help the church's building fund.
"There will be dinners each day for $5, Saturday will be pulled pork and on Sunday barbecue chicken," Coburn said. "Throughout the day will be hot dogs, hamburgers, meatballs and the like."
All events are free of charge.
Know Before You Go
What: Sixth annual John Brown Spirit of Freedom Weekend
Where: John Brown farm, off Route 77 (signs will be posted)
When: Saturday through Sunday, beginning at 10 a.m.
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Donna Coburn, who operates the old farm site with her husband Gary, said that ever since they opened the museum in 2001, "I have just been amazed at how many people are aware and follow the story of John Brown to this day."
Brown is best remembered for his raid at Harpers Ferry in what was then Virginia on Oct. 16, 1859. Brown, and 21 followers, intended to free slaves in nearby plantations and spark a general rebellion against slavery throughout the south.
Their effort was unsuccessful and he and his surviving followers were executed within months of the raid.
Years earlier. however, Brown had a farm and a tannery business near the Crawford County community of New Richmond. The farm is located on one side of John Brown Road and the tannery is located directly across the road. John Brown Road is located off of Route 77. The farm and tannery are 12 miles from Meadville and eight miles from Cambridge Springs.
"He spent more time here than any other place," Donna Coburn said.
Food will be available throughout the weekend. It will be cooked by members of the New Richmond United Methodist Church. The proceeds from the food will help the church's building fund.
"There will be dinners each day for $5, Saturday will be pulled pork and on Sunday barbecue chicken," Coburn said. "Throughout the day will be hot dogs, hamburgers, meatballs and the like."
All events are free of charge.
Know Before You Go
What: Sixth annual John Brown Spirit of Freedom Weekend
Where: John Brown farm, off Route 77 (signs will be posted)
When: Saturday through Sunday, beginning at 10 a.m.
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Source: Greg Spinks, "Festival coming this weekend," GoCrawford County.com [Crawford County, Pa.], Retrieved on May 4, 2007 from:
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070504/CRAW/705040316/-1/NEWS
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I am visiting this site nearly 12 years beyond when this blog entry was written. What brought me here was an attempt to find clarity relative to historian Tom Goodrich. This evening, while I was watching an uploaded Youtube video documentary titled, "Outlaws and Gunslingers", I was very much thrown off by a comment made by Goodrich. On the topic of William Quantrill, Goodrich summarizes, (referencing the Lawrence, Kansas massacre) "It's the most successful, light cavalry raid of the American Civil War. He got in, He got got out. He, um...accomplished his mission. He lost only a handful of men in the process. He completely wiped out the second largest city in the state...killed 150 men--unarmed, by-the-way-- um, in the process... but, Missourians got their revenge, and William Clark Quantrill got it for them. That's why he's so beloved to this very day."
In my humble opinion, there sounded to be a bit of personal sentiment/acknowledgement in Goodrich's final statement. I found this unsettling given Quntrill's documented ruthlessness, treachery, duplicity, and penchant for brutality. And...now that I have read this blog entry, I am confused further about Goodrich's final statement. How can one be so genuinely confused about John Brown's brutality, and appear so empathetically appreciative of that of William Clark Quantrill?
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