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Breaking news, History Textbooks in California and Texas are Different.
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<blockquote data-quote="druryj" data-source="post: 3314642" data-attributes="member: 10465"><p>Yes. And the above is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about; original source material that is discarded because it doesn't fit the outcome you want history to show.</p><p></p><p>I do disagree with you on the last point; about Booth's "honor" that is. Both he and most of the people in the Confederate States of the time viewed Lincoln as the Commander in Chief of the <u>enemy</u>. Booth thought what he did was a just act; a noble and honorable act even. In fact, I believe the original plan was to kidnap Lincoln and hold him as a chip for prisoner exchanges and as a way to save the south...but that's another story for another time.</p><p></p><p>He really didn't intend to break his leg by jumping over the rail there at the Ford Theater after mortally wounding 'Ol Abe; but even the best laid plans can go to hell quickly during </p><p>such times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="druryj, post: 3314642, member: 10465"] Yes. And the above is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about; original source material that is discarded because it doesn't fit the outcome you want history to show. I do disagree with you on the last point; about Booth's "honor" that is. Both he and most of the people in the Confederate States of the time viewed Lincoln as the Commander in Chief of the [U]enemy[/U]. Booth thought what he did was a just act; a noble and honorable act even. In fact, I believe the original plan was to kidnap Lincoln and hold him as a chip for prisoner exchanges and as a way to save the south...but that's another story for another time. He really didn't intend to break his leg by jumping over the rail there at the Ford Theater after mortally wounding 'Ol Abe; but even the best laid plans can go to hell quickly during such times. [/QUOTE]
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