1776 NOT 1619
SINCE THE KIDS ARE HOME NOW parents can see what is taught in school.
We can see what the schools are teaching. When I looked up the French Indian War there was very little on the internet, even though some historians think that was more important than the Revolution.
Did you know that young George Washington had to bury Commander Braddock and took over the command even though he was in his early twenties!
He learned to fight like a Native and received an Iroquois name which he signed papers when he got his desk job.
Washington was a creative commander and early in the Revolution he had a couple of problems--no money, rag-tag army, no weapons and this young country was under the British tyranny and colonists were very unhappy.
Well, picture this--the British fled Fort Ticonderoga and left some war implements. Who knew what?
Commander Washington had a general named Henry Knox, and Washington sent him with some horses and a few men and wanted to retrieve these few war weapons.
Well, guess what-- General Knox found a fort full of cannons, barrels of gun powder, carbines, muskets, you name it and they were there. Well, Knox had
sleds built and transported these costly weapons to Washington. This was not a pleasure trip--snow, rain, weak ice, cold winds, mountains, you name it.
Well, Washington was surprised and he was creative so his soldiers were on a hill out side of Boston and he shot a few cannons and seemed very anemic. Then the British thought poor George was weak, no weapons, time to attack. So they proceeded up the hill and George won that skirmish in a flash.
So when you read about Fort Knox, think of the above because Henry was the Father of the
US Army Corps of Engineers--FORT KNOX
WERE YOU TAUGHT this in school--Bet not!
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