History in the Raw (The bare facts of history that you don't get to read very often)

My name is Jack Stanley, I have studied history for many years. This blog is about history in a more raw view, not over done. I often use original materials to bring a historic event or story to life or an interview I may have done with the person mentioned. If you cook a vegetable too long it loses much. The same can be said of many histories. They are the history of the history written before it. Over done history. THIS IS HISTORY IN THE RAW. Comments send to phonograph78@hotmail.com

History in the Raw (The bare facts of history that you don't get to read very often)

My great great great uncle. Richard Kasidick ..Who had a great career as an artist.

The George Washington Centennial in New York City in the Magazine of American History.July 1889, and a momento token of that event.

A Civil War Thanksgiving...November 24, 1864. As drawn by Thomas Nast

Evacuation Day...New York City...November 25, 1783

The Kennedy assassination..November 22, 1963 . A date I will always remember. What was it like that day for me. My memories of that sad day

John Brown in the Adirondacks. Story on the famous fellow who led the Harper's Ferry raid in 1859 and died for it, and his home and grave in 1896.