{"id":35218,"date":"2021-10-19T22:35:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T11:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=35218"},"modified":"2024-06-25T01:15:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T15:15:38","slug":"american-history-textbooks-lies-everything-your-teacher-got-wrong-myths-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=35218","title":{"rendered":"American History Textbook Lies: Everything Your Teacher Got Wrong – Myths, Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sociologist<\/p>\n

\u201cHistory is a set of lies agreed upon.\u201d – NAPOLEON BONAPARTE<\/p>\n

“History is a Mississippi of lies.” – Voltaire<\/p>\n

“History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren’t there.” – George Santayana<\/p>\n

“History itself is the biggest lie. History is written by the winners, the victorious and the literate. It’s completely biased.”<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?63448-1\/lies-teacher-told-me<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cHistory is a set of lies agreed upon.\u201d – NAPOLEON BONAPARTE “History is a Mississippi of lies.” – Voltaire “History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren’t there.” – George Santayana “History itself is the biggest lie. History is written by the winners, the victorious and the … <\/p>\n

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