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The original location of the John Brown Fort was here, at the Federal Armory's fire engine house where abolitionist John Brown and his raiders were captured by the U.S. Marines on October 18, 1859. The Fort stands about 150 feet to the south after first being moved in 1891, and its original foundation was covered by the railroad in 1892.
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Lovettsville, Maryland · United States
