History
As you know it.
Journall is a place where everyone’s a historian. By contributing your stories and your knowledge, you help to complete the collective historical record.
Just because it hasn’t been published doesn’t mean it didn't happen.
Every day, you experience thousands of things, big or small, and each one is part of a story. It doesn’t need to make headline news to have meaning or relevance; it just needs to be real.
People like you—and unlike you—use Journall to share and codify these personal experiences. When more events, happenings, feelings, and accounts are documented, our understanding of where we’ve been and how we got here becomes more authentic.
History is defined by the many, not the few. So, recounting where you’ve been, what you’ve seen, or what others have told you connects you to past, present, and future generations.
You’re the context history is missing. Start with a prompt to inspire your first story.
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Featured Stories
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Jean McGavin
31 Oct 2020
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A Ghost Story
In early November of 2014, I visited Prague with a friend of mine whose parents were born in Prague,...
Leslie Ray Sears
06 Sep 2021
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The Towpath
I wrote about being a summer kid on Cape Cod in some past ruminations. Summers seem to be my most me...
Jean McGavin
08 Feb 2024
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Betty Ann Armstrong, Beloved Teacher
The email chain below resulted from the announcement of the death of Betty Ann Armstrong, who taught...
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Jean McGavin
14 Oct 2025
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Wiffle Ball
Wiffle Ballby Jean McGavinI grew up in the 1950s on a cul-de-sac in a leafy green suburb. It was the...
Riza Biniza Manansala
14 Jul 2025
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The Little Girl Who Was a Friend of the Moon 🌙
When I was a kid, I had one big question that stayed with me for a long time: Why does the mo...
Jean McGavin
02 Apr 2025
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Dr. Judah Folkman, Extraordinary Physician
In April 1991, when my daughter, Glynnis, was 6 months old we discovered that she had a tumor stretc...
Storytelling is one of the most human things we do.
Creating shared history.
In addition to our individual writers and readers, Journall also partners with organizations that share knowledge, teach, and bring people together, such as:
- Schools and universities
- Historical societies
- Libraries
- Communities and municipalities
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