Voice in the Wilderness

What most American's know about America that is wrong

• There Were Thirteen Original Colonies In America.
• Abraham Lincoln Was Strongly Opposed to Slavery.
• The Founding Fathers Were All Christian.
• Thanksgiving (All of It).

• What are things American's believe they knew that are not true:
• Independence day is not on July 4th.
• The Pilgrims did not come to the New World for religious freedom.
• Betsy Ross did not sew the first American flag.
• Witches not burned at stake in Salem.
• Paul Revere did not ride like mad from Boston to Concord.
• The Wild West was not a daily shootout.
• Charles Lindbergh was not the first to fly non-stop across the Atlantic.
• Was U.S. responsible for winning World War II in Europe?
• The myth: American might bring about the end of the Third Reich and World War II.
• The truth: Hollywood films, comic books and history classes like to paint America as the savior of Europe during World War II, but, like it or not, that title should probably belong to the Soviet Union.

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http://www.businessinsider.com/myths-about-american-history-2011-8