American history.

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation presented its Award for Federal Preserve America Accomplishment to the National Park Service for its integral role in the service learning project, Of the Student, By the Student, For the Student, at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. The Park Service combined efforts with the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership and the Harpers Ferry Middle School to help students to create six vodcasts that provide a middle-school perspective on the John Brown Raid. Walking in the footsteps of the raiders, and using the places where the raid occurred and primary historic documents, students interpreted the significance of the John Brown Raid to their peers. The vodcasts will be seen by visitors to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. (August 2009)