When I asked my daughter who won the Revolutionary War, her answer was, "Who was that one between again?"
*headdesk*
Well, who won the civil war? Other daughter answered...
"The bluecoats!" Who were? "Um...the Americans?"
Apparently we've a bit of history to work on with the kids. It seems to take awhile for it to stick...
Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving?
"The pilgrams celebrated finding the new world!"
So they just got to the new world and threw a party?
"After a long journey and cold harsh winters that killed a bunch of people, they met Indians who taught them how to hunt, grow food and survive. They were so thankful for this, they tried to convert the Indians to Christianity and built a villiage and were thankful so they threw a feast.
Me- Christianity?
Ash-Yeah, they wanted them to believe in one god rather than thousands of gods because it's less confusing to have just one so the Indians killed that guy with a poisoned arrow.
Me- What guy?
Ash- I read it in Social Studies weekly. I don't remember what guy, but he made them mad. Drake! Drake the Savage Sea Dog! He was told to plunder places by Queen Elizabeth so he tried to get them to switch to Christianity so they killed them.
Dad- I don't think Sir Frances Drake had a thing to do with Thanksgiving.
Shell- Pumpkin pies and poison darts...
Dad- What was Sir Frances Drake the first Englishman to do?
Ash- Circumnavigate the world.
Dad- Forget all the poison darts stuff and remember that.
Dad... but what is circumnavigate? Is it the same thing as circumcise?
Ash- No.
Happy Thanksgiving!!
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