We Are Celebrating Robert E. Lee's Birthday Today
Robert E. Lee was born January 19, 1807. We are celebrating his birthday today as we were off from school on the 19th.
We will be doing this lesson plan about the Battle of Antietam and this lesson plan about Lee and Grant at Appomattox courtesy of PBS.
We will also be working on the Civil War in Your Town project we have started.
We are currently reading
- The Civil War A Narrative Fredericksburg to Meridian by Shelby Foote
- The Faded Banners Memorable Writings of the Civil War Edited by Eric Solomon
And of course no birthday is complete without cake, we are going to make the Civil War Fruit Cake found at Cooks.com
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2 Witty Replies:
When the children asked yesterday why Daddy was home, I replied, "Because it is Lee, King, Jackson Day."
Of course, politically correct Virginia dropped Lee and Jackson a few years back, but I still call it that.
Good for you Kat. It's a shame that in the name of being PC we can't honor all the great men in history including Lee & Jackson.
This should in no way diminish King's accomplishments and should highlight his belief that we should all get along.
I read where Hillary Clinton is being pilloried because she had the audacity to point out that LBJ helped King accomplish his goals. I am not usually a Clinton fan, but I could almost like her for that.
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