Revisiting My Childhood on a Holiday

Back in the Ancient Times (the 1970s, for those who must be accurate), history came alive again for elementary and junior high school students (though the latter were often afraid to admit it). For decades, the subject had been taught as names and dates to memorize. Then along came Saturday morning interstitials on ABC, and the world was suddenly quite different. (For one thing, when tested on certain subjects, the entire class could be seen silently singing to themselves.) (Yes, I know there's a slight error. It's how we learned it, okay?)

( Schoolhouse Rock sings about American independence )

Here's hoping you all have a spectacular, safe, and wonderful holiday, if in the US or celebrating with us; to the rest of you, particularly in the UK, take heart in that your currrency, for the most part, is now worth more than ours. (So come here while it's cheap, and take home YOUR piece of our Stuff! :-)

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From scs_11, the song meme:

1. Reply to this post and I'll assign you a letter.
2. List 5 songs you like that start with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.

( This meme is brought to you by the letter 'M' )

Even More Independency

Because I suck, I didn't see this until just now. (Still 26 minutes to go on Independence Day, EDT!) Well worth the post, though:

John Kennedy, reading the entire Declaration of Independence, recorded 1957-07-04 for WQXR in New York. Full web page, with embedded viewer OR Download the MP3 (via)