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History
"The important part of history is
the last five letters of the word."
- Steven E. Ambrose, 1996
Welcome to my History Link. I love studying
REAL history. I believe visitors to this link will get a much different perspective than is taught
in most public, private and parochial schools. Unless you're a historian, I can guarantee there will be much information
in the pages of this link that you never learned in school.

Actual Answers from 6th Grade History Exam
1. The greatest writer of the Renaissance was William Shakespeare.
He was born in the 1564, supposedly on his birthday. He never made much money and is famous only because of his plays. He
wrote tragedies, comedies, and hysterectomies, all in Islamic pentameter. Romeo and Juliet are an example of a heroic couple.
2. Writing at the same time as Shakespeare was Miguel Cervantes. He wrote Donkey Hote. The next great author was John
Milton. Milton wrote Paradise Lost. Then his wife died and he wrote Paradise Regained.
3. Delegates from the original
13 states formed the Contented Congress. Thomas Jefferson, a virgin, and Benjamin Franklin were to 2 singers of the Declaration
of Independence. Franklin discovered electricity by rubbing two cats backward and declared, "a horse divided against itself
can not stand." Franklin died in 1790 and is still dead.
4. Abraham Lincoln was America's greatest precedent. Lincoln's
mother died in infancy, and he was born in a log cabin which he built with his own hands. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves
by signing the Emasculation Proclamation On the night of April 14, 1865, Lincoln went to the theater and got shot in his seat
by one of the actors in the moving picture show. They believe the assinator was John Wilkes Booth, a suposingly insane actor.
This ruined Booth's career.
5. Johann Bach wrote a great many musical compositions and had a large number of children.
In between he practiced on an old spinster which he kept up in his attic. Bach died from 1750 to the present. Bach was the
most famous composer in the world and so was Handel. Handel was half German, half Italian, and half English. He was very large.
6. Beethoven wrote music even though he was deaf. He was so deaf he wrote loud music. He took long walks in the forest
even when everyone was calling for him. Beethoven expired in 1827 and later died from this.
MOTHERS FROM HISTORY
COLUMBUS' MOTHER: "I don't care what you've discovered, you still could
have written!"
MICHELANGELO'S MOTHER: "Can't you paint on walls like other children? Do
you have any idea how hard it is to get that stuff off the ceiling?"
NAPOLEON'S MOTHER: "All right, if you aren't hiding your report card inside
your jacket, take your hand out of there and show me."
ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S MOTHER: "Again with the stovepipe hat? Can't you just
wear a baseball cap like the other kids?"
MARY'S MOTHER: "I'm not upset that your lamb followed you to school, but
I would like to know how he got a better grade than you."
ALBERT EINSTEIN'S MOTHER: "But it's your senior picture. Can't you do something
about your hair? OY! Styling gel, mousse, something...?"
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MOTHER: "The next time I catch you throwing money across
the Potomac, you can kiss your allowance good-bye!"
THOMAS EDISON'S MOTHER: "Of course I'm proud that you invented the electric
light bulb. Now turn it off and get to bed!"
PAUL REVERE'S MOTHER: "I don't care where you think you have to go, young
man, midnight is past your curfew."
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