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John Brown Come Alive in Kennedy Farm Documentary
A PBS American Experience crew filmed at the Kennedy Farm near Sandy Hook West Virginia to tell John Brown's 1859 Harpers Ferry raid story. Actors depict mid 19th century life while historians frame the doomed uprising and its role in igniting the Civil War.
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Andy Hook
Kennedy Farm
Kennedy
Potomac River
Sandy Hook
Harpers Ferry
W.va
John Brown
Judy Brown
Sprige Lynn
South Lynn
Harald Keshishian
Kennedy Farmhouse
Brown
Robert Kenner
PBS
National Geographic
Jonn Brown
Kenner
Elming
Sarah Clemens
Keedysville
Annie Brown
Sherry Porter
Baltimore
Martha
Annie
Pat James
Sharpsburg
Hollywood
Steve Hanson
Elliott City
Harpers Perry
Charles Town
Jefferson County
Lake Elba
Lake Pacid
N.Y
New York
Kansas
Lynn
South Lymn
Sprigg
South Jn
Department of Interior
Maryland
Lynns
Germantown
Washington County