The Swamp Fox, writing in the Nov. 27th Dixie Historical Society Blog had a part of a 1946 pamphlet printed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy to North Carolina Public schools. It was saying that history was being rewritten to give a earlu US history a New England slant at the expense of southern contributions. They mentioned a couple things that I didn't know about. Guess I'll have to do the old Wiki.
"There is a grave danger that our school children are learning more about Massachusetts than about Carolinas..." One example was that all children knew about Paul Revere's ride, but, very few, including myself, have ever heard of the 40 mile ride Jack Jouitte took from tavern to warn Virginia's governor Thomas Jefferson and the legislature of the approach of a British force intent on capturing them. I have since found the name spelled as Jack Jouett.
Everybody's heard about the Boston Tea Party which took place at night by colonists disguised as Indians, but few, again myself, have heard of the Wilmington, NC, Tea Party done in broad daylight by undisguised colonists.
Then, there is the trend of calling Plymouth the cradle of American liberty when there was already an English colony on the James River preceding it by 13 years.
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