It's run by a bunch of people from New York City,

该协会是有一群纽约市民组建的
and they have an annual speaker

他们有一个年度发言人
and an annual pilgrimage to old John Brown's grave.

每年都会去约翰·布朗坟前祭奠
And I had the privilege one year

我曾经有幸在有一年
of giving that lecture in the courthouse where his body had laid in state.

在停放他遗体的那个州政府里做过演讲
It was interesting to meet the erstwhile folks of the John Brown society,

与约翰·布朗协会前成员会面很有趣
who are a strange and interesting lot,

尽管他们挺奇怪但也很有趣
I can assure you.

我可以向你们保证
But it's an isolated place.

那个地方有些与世隔绝
But pilgrimages already started happening,

但祭奠活动已经延续好久了
especially among African-Americans in the north,

特别是当地的北方的非裔美国人
to that remote site,

经常会去祭扫