Posted on 06/09/2004 8:51:44 AM PDT by Salvation
It is sad but true.
Definitely! My kids always got other books to read from me. But, unfortunately that doesn't happen everywhere.
My favorite topic of study. My son will know..hopefully all freepers will tell their children.
Recommended books for your teens...
Adams
Angel in the Whirlwind
Croscups- history of america with synchronic charts 1911
Statistics speak volumes!
And the speeches and songs of the Revolutionary and Civil War eras!
When I taught American history -- all my students knew the words to the Battle Hymn of the Republic and The Erie Canal.
I could imagine some parents balking on both those songs these days.
Or how about the story of Washington being hit by bullets, having bullet holes in his coat, but still living?
Yes he was told not to stand above the birm...but told his staff he had come to far to die...tears in the eyes they say...
Vigilance...
Its time to double up efforts Freepers..This weeks to do list
1) Buy another Flag
2) Read a book on the Revolution (John Adams, Angel in the Whirlwind, Croscups)
3) Take time out to watch Reagan Funeral
4) Buy another gun
5) Buy and American product of significant value.
6) Drop by your local Legion Hall and say hello
any others????
I am sorry but my father always despised the Battle Hymn of the Republic, I do also, its a southern thing.
Marking for later reading.
We are seeing the passing of a generation of historians who were trained prior to the PC academic poisoning.
I'm sorry about that. Have you read the words to ALL the verses lately?
How sad and true.
I took American History in college. I can't tell you
much about it, but I remember the guy driving the point
that the founding fathers were deists or athiests. That
was the first day. The rest of the semester we studied
Early american architecture.
I felt ripped off because I was really interested in American History, which is why I took the class. I only
took 3 semesters worth of this kind of crap. Then I dropped out because of it.
They don't teach at colleges anymore. They want to make a bunch of 'little-me's.
No, I have never really read them at all, as soon as I hear the early tune I zone out, as to not make a scene, because I just can not get the feeling of Yankee's rubbing it in, so I think about the song Dixie instead.
I majored in history and I heard the same thing from some of the instructors. I think that few if any of the founding fathers were athiests. Jefferson wrote his own bible, but few teach that.
I am opposed to putting Reagan on the currency for this very reason.
ping
Gotta read: 'Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation'
By Richard Norton Smith
Right now I'm reading "A Leap in the Dark, The Struggle to Create the American Republic" by John Ferling, it's pretty good so far.
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