To be fair, I don't recall ever learning the names of the Pilgrims, only that they were 'Pilgrims', came on the Mayflower, and settled in Plymouth. I do remember Squanto's name, and Myles Standish, but that's all, and I grew up in the 50's. That was about the extent of it. A lot more was made out of the first Thanksgiving with the Indians than anything else. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 8:10 PM Subject: Re: [MFLR] Thoughts: The Desperate Crossing > > In a message dated 11/20/2006 11:54:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > When I told my sons 6th grade teacher that my son was a descendant of John > ALDEN and Priscilla MULLINS, he said who are they? > > > > I can't believe what the schools must be teaching kids these days -- it > obviously isn't history as I learned it in the 50s! This teacher must be one of > those young whipper snappers who knows nothing but things he/she knows a lot! > > Christie Trapp > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 176 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com