From a reader: “[W]hen you were speaking of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend,
you said ‘…I suppose that this battle is nowadays taught to our
children…’ Sadly, this is as wrong as it gets. Our children are not
taught much about battles anymore, and if they are it is only to demonstrate
America’s aggressive, evil, and bloody past. Even at the college level you
will be hard-pressed to find a curriculum that is not too liberal to offer a
course that would mention the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Our kids are
fortunate if they hear about the Battle of Midway sometime during high
school before they get to college and catch it on the History Channel while
they are cutting class.” Say it ain’t so… but I suspect it is.