She Wants to Dictate What Children Learn, But She Doesn't Know the Difference Between The Civil War and the Revolutionary War...
They lack a basic grasp of American history, and yet they want to be the ones who decide what is taught and available to students.
A quote from Montana Freedom Caucus Chair and Montana State Senator Theresa Manzella while making a statement at the Montana State Capitol. Take it all in.
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"What an incredible event that actually was to cross the Deleware.
On Christmas Eve.
In the sleet and the snow and the ice.
And the Confederate soldiers. Some of them were, they were bedraggled.... (we can pause here for you to do a spit take. She paused, too, because she got distracted by the weather.)
Is it snowing!? Oh my goodness, look at that! Wow!"
George Washington famously crossed the Deleware on the night of December 25th (not December 24th), 1776.
He did so with CONTINENTAL soldiers representing the Thirteen Colonies, NOT Confederate soldiers, as any 4th grader could have pointed out to her.
A 4th grader also could have told her that it was during the Revolutionary War, not the Civil War, which happened nearly a century later when the Confederate soldiers of the southern states fought against the Union Army.
But you already knew that because you have more than a basic grasp of American history.
Wrong century, wrong war, wrong army, wrong date, Senator.
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— EveryLibrary (@EveryLibrary) January 26, 2023
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And these are the people who want to control what is in libraries and textbooks.
They lack a basic grasp of American history, and yet they want to be the ones who decide what is taught and available to students.
Many book banners and backward-thinking lawmakers want teachers to teach outdated and inaccurate information because to do otherwise would go against their own personal beliefs.
American librarians and schools should be improving, not restricted and pulled into the past by narrow-minded and uninformed lawmakers like Senator Theresa Manzella.
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