Sunday, October 24, 2010

A history lesson for Dad!

Last summer Jenn took Timon and Chloe to DC. While there they took the Ford Theater tour. I wasn't able to make the DC trip so I had not learned all that they had about Abraham Lincoln.

Well today, Jenn, Chloe and Ruth went to a baby shower, in Greensboro, for the wife of one of Jenn's cousins. So, that left me and Timon here in Rocky Mount. After lunch Timon and I went to Ollie's (junk store). I like to go there and see if they have any cheap books I would like to read. I also always try to find a book I think Timon or Chloe might like to read that would be more educational than recreational (trying to be a good parent). Timon had already sat down on the floor and was reading a Transformers comic book when I found a small book about Abraham Lincoln. I opened it to find it had large print and a picture about every 3 pages. I thought it would be great for Timon and help him learn some history. So I said, "Hey Timon, here is a book about Abraham Lincoln!" The look that came back at me would have made Albert Einstein feel he was an idiot. I guessed Abraham Lincoln didn't interest Timon. I put the book back on the shelf. I wasn't finished though. I thought for a minute and finally said, "Timon, do you even know who Abraham Lincoln is?" Timon looked up and said,"Yeah! He was the 16th president and John McCain shot him on a stage!"

I bought the book and read the first chapter to Timon tonight before bed. I will clear John McCain's name in a few weeks!

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Someone just found this for us.....

This picture was taken this morning at a press conference when a reporter began to ask some probing questions about whether or not John McCain was near Ford’s Theatre on April 15, 1865. 

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