What Strange Aberrational Idea Of History Did You Have As A Child?

Don't ask me why, but as a child I always believed that the Pilgrims' ship (the Mayflower) was some sort of cruise ship. Maybe I was sleeping during class but I truly believed the Pilgrims sailed from Europe to Plymouth rock on a ship the size of the Queen Mary 2. Moreover, I pictured the first Thanksgiving as this catered in-door resort banquet with sumptuous turkey, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes and plenty of pumpkin pie.



What weird idea of history did you have as a child?

What Strange Aberrational Idea Of History Did You Have As A Child?
This was my daughter's history aberration. She must have been about 5 or 6 years old, and influenced by a room in our house where many family photos, some 100 years old, are hung. We noticed that she'd talk about the people in the pictures as being in "the black and white days". I told her that my great-grandmother (in a picture) looked like my sister. "But Aunt Janie is in color," she commented. I thought that sounded odd. When her grandparents came to visit, she asked them about something when they were in the black and white days. It hit me that she really thought that people were in black and white back then. I told her that people had color back then, only the cameras couldn't make color. She got really upset -- blinking and trembling. It was like I had told her the world was only in her imagination.
Reply:That was absolutely adorable. Thanks. Report It
Reply:I remember the first time I heard the story of how airplane flight began, and "learned" about the Wright Brothers. Unfortunately, I thought that they were called the "Right Brothers" because they were the first people to be "right" about how to fly. I still remember a snide comment by the nun who taught 3rd grade when I put that erroneous name down as an answer on her test.
Reply:As far as I know I got it right.
Reply:I believe that everyone in the colonies wanted to be free of Britain. I also believe that the members of the 2nd Continental Congress where very conservative.

Until I leaned about Ben Franklin.

What a randy devil. He is one of my heroes now.



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Reply:Interesting question! Up until college I thought the Nazis put up the Berlin Wall. I thought we fought the Nazis in WW I and the Japanese in WW II. Its amazing how forgotten WW I has become. Also amazing how bad our high schools are at teaching history. I love the subject now.