I got interested in the Swamp Fox when I was young. I was allowed to watch The Patriot with Mel Gibson. I was totally impressed with this
hero. However, more recently I found out how inaccurate the movie was, so I became
interested in finding out more about his life and what he did in the American Revolution.
I have read one book on the Swamp Fox that is historical
fiction. Mizz Liz found it for us in the library, and it was easy to read. One
of the things that I found confusing was all the characters; they were hard to
tell apart. Some of them were real, and some were imaginary; I found it hard to
tell who were historical persons and who were not historical.
That is part of the reason why we are taking this trip. I want
to separate the real history from the TV versions. Why is that important? It is
important because truth is important. It is all right to have fun and watch
good movies, but we can’t always mix fun with truth, especially now.
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