At 11:49 PM 8/9/99 -0400, you wrote: >I have wondered why NE Colonies seem to get huge boost in History text >books whereas Virginia and SC hardly get a mention even about their Rev War >participation. > >Wasn't JAMESTOWN before PLYMOUTH COLONY? > >I can only speculate that NE and US govt write the text books. > >josie well Josie......try working on Civil War history. All you see is Robert E. Lee and the Army of Virginia. They might have been the best, but there was also a war fought in the "west" - places like MO, Kansas, Arkansas, Arizona. Finding that in the history books is difficult. Also, the men from the west were fighting against U.S. Grant at Shilo, Vicksburg, etc. He had to beat them before he was noticed by the powers that be, and sent against Lee. Another one of my gripes.....what about women in the history books? You see Daniel Boone, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson.....always men. Or what about the colored troops who fought and died in 1860-1865? or the early black immigration to the west? I guess I could go on, just as long as we know not everyone made it into the history books. That is probably why we are all searching for our family roots, cause they are not in the history books. That does not make our ancestors any less important, just un-recorded heros. Mary