So frequently have pictures of the bridge appeared in books and in national publications that it vies with the old John Brown Fort at Harpers Ferry as the two nationally best known structures in West Virginia.

The Providence Daily Journal answered the Daily Post by stating that the raid of John Brown was characteristic of Democratic acts of violence and that `` He was acting in direct opposition to the Republican Party, who proclaim as one of their cardinal principles that they do not interfere with slavery in the states ''.

On October 31, 1859, John Brown was found guilty of treason against the state of Virginia, inciting slave rebellion, and murder.

Despite the excitement being caused by the trial and sentence of John Brown, Rhode Islanders turned their attention to the state elections.

During the month of November hardly a day passed when there was not some mention of John Brown in the Rhode Island newspapers.

On November 7, 1859, the Providence Daily Journal reprinted a letter sent to John Brown from `` E. B. '', a Quaker lady in Newport.

`` E. B. '' compared John Brown to Moses in that they were both acting to deliver millions from oppression.

In contrast to `` E. B. '', most Rhode Islanders hardly thought of John Brown as being another Moses.

The Woonsocket Patriot admitted that John Brown might deserve punishment or imprisonment `` but he should no more be hung than Henry A. Wise or James Buchanan ''.

In her letter to John Brown, `` E. B. '', the Quakeress from Newport, had suggested that the American people owed more honor to John Brown for seeking to free the slaves than they did to George Washington.

A week later the Daily Journal had discovered the initial plans of some Providence citizens to hold a meeting honoring John Brown on the day of his execution.

On December 2, 1859, John Brown was hanged at Charles Town, Virginia.

The only public demonstration in honor of John Brown was held at Pratt's Hall in Providence, on the day of his execution.

He spoke of his desire to promote the abolition of slavery by peaceable means and he compared John Brown of Harper's Ferry to the John Brown of Rhode Island's colonial period.

Barstow concluded that as Rhode Island's John Brown became a canonized hero, if not a saint, so would it be with John Brown of Harper's Ferry.

Whereas, John Brown has cheerfully risked his life in endeavoring to deliver those who are denied all rights and is this day doomed to suffer death for his efforts in behalf of those who have no helper: Therefore,

`` As an independent American I considered all who were not for us, and you amongst the rest, as against us, yet be assured that John Jay never ceased to be the friend of Peter Van Schaack ''.

That John Locke's philosophy of the social contract fathered the American Revolution with its Declaration of Independence, I believe, we generally accept.

and now, therefore, do I, John A. Notte, Jr., Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, proclaim Monday, May 22nd, 1961, as National Maritime Day, reminding our citizens that American Merchant ships and American seamen are ready at all times to serve our Nation in the cause of freedom and justice.

This is the tale of one John Enright, an American who has accidentally killed a man in the prize ring and is now trying to forget about it in a quiet place where he may become a quiet man.

The field was pioneered by staff of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology, men such as John Wesley Powell and Frank Hamilton Cushing.

* John Arnold Austin ( 1905 – 1941 ), American sailor

As a young man, Nobel studied with chemist Nikolai Zinin ; then, in 1850, went to Paris to further the work ; and, at 18, he went to the United States for four years to study chemistry, collaborating for a short period under inventor John Ericsson, who designed the American Civil War ironclad USS Monitor.

* 1808 – John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.

* 1947 – John Ratzenberger, American actor

* 1960 – John Pizzarelli, American jazz guitarist, songwriter, singer and bandleader

* 1940 – John Hagee, American pastor and televangelist

* 1904 – John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J. H.

* 1948 – John Mehler, American drummer ( Love Song )

* 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain – At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.

* 1955 – John E. Sweeney, American politician

* 1962 – John " Hot Rod " Williams, American basketball player

* 1962 – John Slattery, American actor

* 1871 – John French Sloan, American artist ( d. 1951 )

* 1939 – John W. Snow, American politician, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury

* 1968 – John Stanier, American drummer ( Helmet, Tomahawk, The Mark of Cain, and Battles )

* 1996 – John McSherry, American baseball umpire ( b. 1944 )

* 2010 – John Forsythe, American actor ( b. 1918 )

* 1935 – John Brodie, American football player

* 1983 – John McCargo, American football player

* 1928 – John " Kayo " Dottley, American football player

* 1949 – John Riggins, American football player

* 1949 – John Gourlay, Canadian football player ( b. 1872 )

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* 1963 – John Lammers, Dutch footballer and football manager

* 1963 – John van't Schip, Dutch footballer and football coach

* 1940 – John Hadl, American football player

* John Ford ( American football coach ) ( before 1880 – after 1906 ), college football head coach for Marquette University Golden Eagles in Milwaukee during 1905 and 1906 seasons

* John Ford ( wide receiver ) ( born 1966 ), American football player in NFL who attended University of Virginia and was with Detroit Lions during 1989 season

* John Young ( soccer player ) ( born 1957 ), retired Scottish football ( soccer ) midfielder

* 1872 – John Gourlay, Canadian football player ( d. 1949 )

* 1977 – John St. Clair, American football player

* John Brown ( American football, born 1891 ) ( 1891 – 1963 ), player for Navy, College Football Hall of Fame inductee

* John Brown ( footballer born 1915 ) ( 1915 – 2005 ), Scottish association football player

* John Brown ( footballer born 1935 ), Scottish association football player

* John Brown ( footballer born 1947 ), English association football goalkeeper

* John Brown ( footballer born 1962 ), Scottish association football player and manager

* John Walker ( American football ) ( born 1983 ), former defensive back for the USC football team

* 1964 – John Lee, Korean-American football player

* 1954 – John Gregory, English football manager