I was a kid during the bicentennial, but still remember how everyone in our rural Minnesota community came together to celebrate our great nation. We learned about it in every class: we baked cornbread in home-ec, traveled the Oregon Trail in social studies, read about Betsy Ross and George Washington and learned all the words to the patriotic songs, from the national anthem to Sweet Betsey from Pike, and This Land is Your Land. All these years later, I look back on that year with great joy and patriotism. I'd love to see a comprehensive program that reintroduces America's youth to their country's rich history. We have much to celebrate!
Interesting. Something to ponder.
I was a kid during the bicentennial, but still remember how everyone in our rural Minnesota community came together to celebrate our great nation. We learned about it in every class: we baked cornbread in home-ec, traveled the Oregon Trail in social studies, read about Betsy Ross and George Washington and learned all the words to the patriotic songs, from the national anthem to Sweet Betsey from Pike, and This Land is Your Land. All these years later, I look back on that year with great joy and patriotism. I'd love to see a comprehensive program that reintroduces America's youth to their country's rich history. We have much to celebrate!