um. On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What's wrong with that? > > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> sam, >> >> US history classes teach a very biased view of history, its >> triumphalism to the extreme at times. for instance little or no >> mention of the invasions of Canada during the American revolution, the >> War of 1812, and the various Fenian raids. When the War of 1812 is >> mentioned, its mostly New Orleans in 1815 and a few naval battles. >> Nothing about the Niagara or North West Campaigns, or destruction of >> the towns along the Frontier in the middle of winter or the Indian >> massacres. >> >> I've just finished reviewing one textbook that was simply odious in >> the way it treated the time period from 1756 through 1820, and this >> one is currently used in many states. >> > >
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