Hopefully this has changed, but I've noticed living in the south of the U.S. that 'history' is not the same everywhere in the U.S. While in school in Wisconsin, where many towns are named after the French or Indians, I learned how valuable the French have been to the formation and building of the U.S. However, during the period I was in school, the same was not being taught in the schools down here. After moving here, I got into quite a few arguments with locals and relatives here in NC about the role of the French in American History. Come to find out, the textbooks presented completely different views... Next year my daughter will be studying pertinent time periods in our country's history when I can see if her textbook is a little more 'truthful' than those used in the past here. Up until then (and the publication of the problems and out-right lies in some Texas schoolbooks in the recent past), I would have argued that the U.S. was probably the most honest in its portrayal of American History in education. How wrong I was.


>>If France really wants to participate, shouldn't they be teaching the Iraqis how to surrender? < vbg >
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>Fortunately the French didn't always surrender.
>http://theamericanrevolution.org/battles/bat_york.asp