"the first mention of the use of the Bible and a Christian hymnal in the Washington public schools is in connection with a curriculum adopted in 1812, three years after Jefferson has left Washington and the school board for retirement in Virginia." - source
"There is nothing, absolutely nothing, in Barton's source that connects Jefferson to the practice of Bible reading." - ibid
David Barton, author of The Myth of Separation, has admitted that many of the "quotes" he used to bolster his claims are either definitely false or questionable.
And just what the heck are the credentials of Mr. Allison that I should be convinced that Jefferson DID NOT mandate The Bible & Watts Hymnal in the DC school district? I went to your "source" and removed the extension from the address to go to the root website. This is what I found....
http://www.sullivan-county.com
Social Apartheid in Bristol and Tri-Cities
By Lewis Loflin
Welcome to the third-world nation of Appalachia.
Bristol, Virginia and Bristol, Tennessee are at the center of Southern Appalachia, a banana republic, whose many bickering local governments waste more tax dollars with the least results of anywhere in America. They maintain a system best described as Social Apartheid.
No, this has nothing to with race, this region's minority populations are too small for that. If it were race, the government would put a stop to it. Those targeted are white, working class and poor whites that are locked out of almost everything. This system is rigidly enforced in local schools, zoning ordinances, government benefits, and on the job. In many cases better paying jobs are discouraged just to maintain low local wage scales, while many are forced into jobs that don't pay a living wage, then treated like garbage because of it.
(snip – because it just gets stranger & stranger)
I don’t know what this has to do with your “expert,” Jim Allison, but I suspect tinfoil hats are involved. I think I’ll stick with Barton’s version until someone points me to a more credible contradictory source, TYVM.