Thanks for that book suggestion. Got a lightly used one cheap off Amazon....
First they burn flags...then books. My wife is a teacher and the common core material does little to build confidence that history won't be changed for the sake of agenda...
Was at Gettyburg at Christmas time and I realized how light I was in the history of it, particularly dealing with some of the areas my kids (grown) were discussing.
My Ma's side had independence & civil war vets--the data sitting in a box somewhere in our basement--time to dig it out...:)
