Comments on: American History

By: boo-ya

boo-ya — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:12:14 +0000

The Boston Tea Party went awry when the Indians from the Cowboys and Indians theme party accidentally went to the wrong ship. They caused a rukus and the rest is history.

By: Lorenzo

Lorenzo — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:54:37 +0000

The Revolutionary War was originally named “The war when we hid in the forest and shot at them when they weren’t expecting it”, but once that became commonplace, they changed it.

By: Luca

Luca — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:16:40 +0000

On July 4, 1978 Hostess Cakes introduced the French Apple Pie, to commemorate the French assistance in the colonies gaining independence from England. According to Hostess Spokesman Twinkie the Kid, “It’s a tribute to America, and France.”

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:15:33 +0000

Francis Marion, upon whom the movie ‘The Patriot’ was based, became known as ‘The Swamp Fox’, although he originally wanted to be called
“Rio Man” which is an anagram of Marion. “Rio Man” did not catch on.