that’s a good idea, nobody seems to care about washington’s birthday anymore.
I do.
I’ll call our local SAR and DAR chapters and see if they want to help.
Self reliance, let’s don’t depend on the mainstream to respect the General. He is one of the greatest men who ever lived. Sad as it is, I can do this by myself if I have to.
Well, I DO! :-)
My mother was in McDonalds and said, "I bet you're getting ready to sell lots of cherry pies..." and the kid had no clue why. She told him that it was Washington's birthday coming up and that cherry pies were traditional. Kid didn't know that, so she asked, "do you know why they would be?"
By now, the other workers had come over to listen to my mom, and finally one of them said, "O! A cherry tree...right?" The girl didn't really know the story, but they pieced it together. So Mom then asked, "well, that's just a story...but what was its purpose?"
Stumped again...so Mom had to explain that it was to illustrate George Washington's character--that the important part was what he supposedly said, not the chopping down the tree.
After all of this, Mom asked, "Don't you think I should get a free cherry pie for giving this lesson?" The manager agreed... :-)
Poor mom couldn't believe they knew so little about George Washington or the morality stories. I let her know that while nearly 1/4 of 17-year-olds in America didn't know that George Washington was the commander of the American army in the Revolutionary War, 97% were able to identify Martin Luther King, Jr., as giving the "I have a dream" speech. At least some things are being taught these days!
Mom suggests everyone go do what she did, to try getting some education to our youth who aren't getting it in school--and maybe get a free cherry pie!