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In this Feb. 8, 2017 photo, the farmhouse where abolitionist John Brown launched his ill-fated, 1859 seizure of a Harpers Ferry, W.Va., federal armory stands in Dargan, Md. A new book traces a connection between 19th-century abolitionist John Brown and soul singer James Brown. The common ground is the farmstead near Dargan, Maryland, where John Brown launched his 1859 raid on a federal armory in nearby Harpers Ferry, W.Va. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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**FILE** U.S. Air Force veteran Betty Roberts of Harpers Ferry, W.Va., sits in the Women Veterans Health Clinic waiting room on Nov. 13, 2009, in the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Martinsburg, W. Va. (Associated Press)