Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for March 24, 2022

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    lvlax  over 2 years ago

    So, because a soldier, who was in a war, died before a famous musician was born… and that musician has been dead for 13 years… That makes the war current? What?!? LOL.

    I think Luann is reaching a bit here.

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    Namrepus  over 2 years ago

    That’s nothing. Keith Richards got his first exposure to music hearing the drum and fife at the Battle of Antietam.

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    Rhetorical_Question   over 2 years ago

    Amazing Luann’s verbal exchange?

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    AnyFace  over 2 years ago
    ”Everything’s Relative.” ✨
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    beb01  over 2 years ago

    Luann askes, “Is Michael Jackson ancient history?”

    I’m afraid for most 13 year olds the answer would be Michael who? He is very much old news,

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    Tyge  over 2 years ago

    Try a different tack!

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    Bedrock  over 2 years ago

    Remember, math isn’t this kid’s strong suit either.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 2 years ago

    good call, Luann

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    Mordock999 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    So that’s what it takes to get kids to study history.

    Dovetail it with the mention of a popstar from 30 years ago.

    To tell the truth, some 13-year-olds might not even know who Micheal Jackson was.

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    Rhetorical_Question   over 2 years ago

    The kid is thirteen years ago?

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    ronaldspence  over 2 years ago

    Luann, it takes more than that to grease this Axel…

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    Lion_Tamer  over 2 years ago

    What is truly amazing, is that LuAnn actually knew this information….

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    Prescott_Philosopher   over 2 years ago

    I have to confess this is the first strip to catch my attention in a long time. I see this differently than most of the commentators do. I see a kid who’s not motivated, has fallen way behind, is feeling vulnerable, left out, and is acting out in defense. It’ll be interesting to see where GnK take this arc.

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    Joe1962  over 2 years ago

    Luann it would too much grease Axel Wheel.

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    Geeky Meerkat  over 2 years ago

    This seems like a strange piece of trivia as it’s missing a key piece of information. She says “A civil war veteran died in 1956” but that’s rather without context. What Civil War veteran died that year? A quick google search reveals that the last Civil War veteran died that year. That gives it a bit more context.

    Now I know some people are hating on her for picking MJ as the music artist to point out because he’s getting to the point where younger kids might not even know much about him or care. I know for instance that if someone tried to make me care about history by pointing out Elvis as having been alive near the historical event that wouldn’t mean much to me because Elvis was from before my time.

    But now consider that MJ is still fairly modern and a famous black musician. Also, consider that a big part of the Civil War was in regards to slavery, and suddenly pointing out MJ makes a bit more sense.

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    DorothyGlenn Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Okay, Axel is ancient history with me. On to the next story line.

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    rklynch  over 2 years ago

    Okay. Luann has got me intrigued. And after some Googling, I believe I may have found the answer to her little query….

    https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2019/09/minnesotan-albert-henry-woolson-was-the-last-surviving-civil-war-veteran/

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    Johnny Q Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Wacko Jacko is medieval history!

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    J. Scarbrough  over 2 years ago

    Me being a 30something trying to explain certain things to youngsters like VHS tapes, digital alarm clocks, and landline telephones makes it feel like I’m explaining ancient history.

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    luann1212  over 2 years ago

    It might seem silly, but Luann is showing the instincts of a gifted teacher, which I think whenever this strip gets to careers, she will prove to be, even if a bit doofus still. The point is to get the reluctant, twerp engaged, and that is exactly what she is doing.

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    drewpamon  over 2 years ago

    Would this kid even know who michael jackson is?

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    Airman  over 2 years ago

    I think that Axel is just intimidated by Faye. Girls, that age are much more mature than boys the same age.

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    capricorn9th  over 2 years ago

    Seriously, those ducky lips bother me….

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    Aladar30 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Luann has to be really interested in the subject of the civil war if she’s able to remember such a thing. Another point for her ♡

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    comic reader 22  over 2 years ago

    Luann isn’t making any sense at all. Unless she can prove the civil war soldier was Michael Jackson’s great, great grandfather, or make some kind of reasonable connection, then I just don’t get her line of instruction at all. I’m with Axel, this is boring.

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    kenhense  over 2 years ago

    Luann: As far as nice tries go, that one was only average.

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    Brdshtt Premium Member over 2 years ago

    I will bet that the Civil War veteran never had his hair on fire during a Pepsi® commercial.

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    Just think, Pepsi was around during the life of the Civil War vet. So was fire…

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    Snark-impaired  over 2 years ago

    Would a 13-year-old kid even know who Michael Jackson was? Michael Jackson died almost 13 years ago.

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    Caldonia  over 2 years ago

    Someday he’s going to have to really study ancient history. Poor thing.

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    red_tape  over 2 years ago

    is this arc done yet?

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    Susan00100  over 2 years ago

    This June, it’ll be 13 years since Michael Jackson’s death.

    Wouldn’t that be “ancient history” to a punk like Axel??

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    cdillon85  over 2 years ago

    Fail to learn from history, you’re doomed to repeat it. Something I forgot in affairs of the heart.

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    jroggs  over 2 years ago

    I might have said that the Civil War was a major test on our nation over serious causes like racial equality, the role of government, and national unity which remain extremely relevant to this day. But sure, Luann, spout some pointless trivia about MJ instead, that’ll get the kid focused for the long haul.

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    buer  over 2 years ago

    Michael Jackson died before Axel was born, or around, so he is ancient history to him. G&K might have well mentioned Mick Jagger or Paul McCartney who were born before the last civil war veteran died and are still alive and active.

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    OneTime59  over 2 years ago

    Axel needs to have his head messed with.

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    Troglodyte  over 2 years ago

    With this attitude, it’s more than likely that Luann will be history, as far as teaching Axel goes.

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    dadoctah  over 2 years ago

    Elian Gonzalez is 28 years old. “Baby Jessica” is 35. JonBenet Ramsey, had she lived, would be 32 now. Louise Joy Brown (the first test-tube baby) is 43. I’m willing to bet Axel has never heard of any of these people who were famous as children.

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    Johnnyrico  over 2 years ago

    Axle’s head is full of air… Not much to mess with there…

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    sueb1863  over 2 years ago

    She could tell him the last widow of a Civil War soldier, Helen Viola Jackson, died in 2020.

    Or that there were soldiers in both armies who were his age or even younger. Mostly drummer boys but there were a few active soldiers who were around 13.

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    KenHelmick  over 2 years ago

    I remember hearing a statistic on a PBS discussion regarding the need to improve the teaching of history and geography, this was about 35 years ago and it stated that college admissions testing showed the average freshman could not place the US Civil War within a 50-year time frame. That meant that a large number of students thought it might be contemporaneous with the War of 1812 (which was fought with horses, sailing ships, and muzzleloaders) or with World War One (which included tanks, aircraft, submarines, poison gas, machine guns, and so on). Sadly, nothing I have seen convinces me that the situation hasn’t worsened in the intervening years.

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    Aibohphobia  over 2 years ago

    Clever Lu.

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    mgl179  over 2 years ago

    Luann, don’t mess with his head, pick a more challenging target.

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    Wizard of Ahz-no relation  over 2 years ago

    does anyone have any doubts luanne should be a teacher?

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    ajh2i  over 2 years ago

    This is brilliant!

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    Decepticomic  over 2 years ago

    I don’t think this kid has any black friends.

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    Anon4242  over 2 years ago

    I don’t find the civil war to be all that interesting. But then I like renaissance festivals and Star Trek conventions – 500 years in the past or 500 years in the future – it’s only the current 1000 years that’s boring.

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    OMichiko  over 2 years ago

    She is referring to the late Albert Woodson, a Drummer Boy in the Civil War who is buried in the Park Hill Cemetery in Duluth Minnesota. I have been to the grave site, it is the same cemetery as my brother in laws…

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    preacherman Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Wow, Luann is showing some real grasp of history and its relevance to current events. I would’ve thought Bernice would be up on civil war veteran’s deaths and famous personalities births, but not our Luann. This presents a whole different side to Luann that I had not known. It could’ve been just luck, or a bit of trivia that stuck in her mind. But, still, Luann connected the two together and made a point about historical relevance. Either way, it’s quite impressive.

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    Ellis97  over 2 years ago

    No, no, that’s ignorant.

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    joegeethree  over 2 years ago

    I’m impressed Luann had that sort of knowledge in her head.

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    Ignatz Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Have we ever been given any indication that Luann had dates like this floating around in her head?

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    Ignatz Premium Member over 2 years ago

    1958 is 51 years before this kid was born. The equivalent for me would be a singer born in 1907. Really ancient history for a kid who was into the Beatles.

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    PaulAbbott2  over 2 years ago

    “I don’t need your civil warIt feeds the rich while it buries the poor”

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    becida  over 2 years ago

    That was good, she’ll make a fine educator!

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    Barnabus Blackoak  over 2 years ago

    I’m surprised he knows who Jackson was.

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    comic reader 22  over 2 years ago

    What does Michael Jackson have to do with the Civil War?? That is just lame and it feels rude. I don’t think a pop music artist has any place at all in a lesson about US History. Is this another one of those times that Greg shows or mentions a person or a product and then gets paid a nice big check? Maybe the cd sales were down over at Jackson Central, LOL!

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    docforbin  over 2 years ago

    How about this for putting things in perspective—in 1977, the guillotine was last used in France while the first Star Wars movie came out. I’m pretty sure Axel has heard of Star Wars.

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    Bookworm  over 2 years ago

    “Okay, now you’re starting mess with my head.”

    “My dear boy, your head was a mess long before I came along.”

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    DawnQuinn1  over 2 years ago

    Her point is that if 1956 is ancient history, how can two years later NOT be ancient histiry?

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    dblbaraje  over 2 years ago

    Abraham Lincoln was one of the most brilliant men in history. “A house divided cannot stand” is a lesson we must all relearn. The people of this country must get together and act as one country, or our children might be speaking Russian one day. The seeds are now being sewn. God please help us stop the conflict now. One Adolph Hitler was enough. History is important, hopefully we can learn to help each other.

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    AmissaSada  over 2 years ago

    Sometimes it blows my mind that Peter Tchaikovsky died in 1894 and my grandfather was born in 1896. (He was 53 when my father was born. We’re late bloomers.)

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    docredbird  over 2 years ago

    Most of my college students would respond that Michael Jackson is ancient history.

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    Wubbie  over 2 years ago

    Back in the eighties my home town paper wanted to know if there was anyone still around who had known someone born in the 18th century. One woman remembered her great grandfather who sang to her and bounced her on his knee when she was a little girl. Turns out the man had been born in 1798 and passed on in 1903. She herself had been born in 1898. One hundred years sounds like a long time until you realize that the Civil War was less than two consecutive lifetimes in the past.

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    MollyCat  over 2 years ago

    Doesn’t take a lot.

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    dv1093  over 2 years ago

    Not just “A” Civil War Veteran – Albert Henry Woolson. The very last CWV to pass.

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    Tyge  over 2 years ago

    Given recent history, this arc will run 2-3 weeks and end with a weak gag line. Maybe with Luann or Axel dressed as the Easter Bunny.

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    tidewaterscot  over 2 years ago

    Please find another story line.

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member over 2 years ago

    His head needs messing!!

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    jojo318  over 2 years ago

    Anyone else have a serious dislike for this punk?

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    oakie817  over 2 years ago

    ka-zing Luann!

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    tremaine53  over 2 years ago

    That’s Luann: She reaches. And she doesn’t know things.

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    forestkat2015  over 2 years ago

    Good job, Luann. It’s about context. And the word Ancient"

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    northbraddock52  over 2 years ago

    The last Civil War veteran died in 1959, a General from the South

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    Same2Ubuddy  over 2 years ago

    Maybe she could have mentioned Fatty Arbuckle and Billy Barty. They’re both dead, too.

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    tcayer  over 2 years ago

    A kid his age may not even know who MJ was… Remember when Kanye collaborated with Paul McCartney, and all his fans were like “Who’s this guy that Kanye discovered?”

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    Joe1962  over 2 years ago

    Today’ s teachers don’t teach History or Civics the way it was taught to us.

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    locake  over 2 years ago

    It is amazing how many readers do not understand what Luann is doing. Albert Einstein died 3 years before I was born and that makes him seem more relevant to me. His lifetime almost overlapped my lifetime.

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    Daddyobie  over 2 years ago

    I think this kid would actually feel that Michael Jackson is about as ancient as the civil war.

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    hofus1000  over 2 years ago

    Probably to today’s 13 year old, Michael Jackson, who died before they were born and whose biggest hits were from their parents days, is indeed ancient history.

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  over 2 years ago

    Some things are worth messing with. Some things are fun to mess with.

    His head?

    Meh.

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    Z-bert  over 2 years ago

    I like it that Luann is trying to engage Axel rather than just dismissing him for his unwillingness to learn.

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    D.E.N.  over 2 years ago

    I’m sort of in between wishing this particular arc was “ancient history” and hoping Luann gets through to this kid. I’ve got a feeling, though, that he’s going to prove to be a real bone head. We may be in for a long run here.

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    Susan123  over 2 years ago

    I learned something new today! That is what a tudor is supposed to be doing, teaching something new to the student

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    The Quiet One  over 2 years ago

    The good news is Michael Jackson is history. I didn’t say anything about good history.

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    198.23.5.11  over 2 years ago

    Small Fry…hanging around the poolroom

    Small Fry…you should be in the schoolroom

    Hey now,put out that cigarette

    You ain’t a grown-up high and mighty yet.

    Small Fry…stacking up your pennies

    Small Fry…counting up how many

    My.My.,just listen here to me

    You ain’t the biggest catfish in the sea.

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    ttuerff  over 2 years ago

    He looks like he’s trying not to vomit.

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    RSH  over 2 years ago

    Luann is doing a good job of engaging Axel by pointing out dates relating to people and events that he cares about as being not that far removed from those Axel professes to have no interest in because (n his mind) they are ancient history.

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    calliarcale  over 2 years ago

    Fun fact: the last person receiving a Civil War pension was Irene Triplett. She died in 2020. Her father (who had fought for both the Confederacy and the Union) was around 80 when she was born; since she was cognitively disabled, she qualified to inherit his veteran’s pension upon his death.

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    RSH  over 2 years ago

    his head definitely needs some messing with.

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    ktrabbit  over 2 years ago

    I want to slap those lips right off his face.

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    KevinCarson  over 2 years ago

    What IS it with that kid? I’d like to hand him and his purty mouth over to the guys in Deliverance.

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    Sisyphos  over 2 years ago

    Ha!

    Go ahead (ahem!), Luann! Couldn’t make things much worse than they already are with Axel!

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    Ukko wilko  over 2 years ago

    Kid, your head is already a mess.

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    Ray Helvy Premium Member over 2 years ago

    I remember a Red Skelton Show, where, at the end, he was talking with the audience, as he so often did. He made an impassioned plea to not forget our fathers and grandfathers who served in the military, and were now in their old age. It took me a couple minutes to realize he was talking about the veterans of World War I. Until that moment, they hadn’t been real, as people, to me. They were very real to him.

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    DaBump Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Reminds me of the time I was teaching a class of high school students and said something about remembering when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, and I noticed they were all looking at me in a funny way… and realized I remembered seeing it when it happened, but they had only seen the recording — DECADES later… suddenly I felt like an historical character myself!

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    Seed_drill  over 2 years ago

    I actually knew a family friend who lived well into the 21st Century who’s father was a Confederate soldier.

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    scpandich  over 2 years ago

    One of President Tyler’s grandsons is still alive. Tyler was born in Washington’s first term.

    I remember when I was kid (the 1970s) the coverage when the last Spanish American war veteran living in our area passed away.

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    Tyge  over 2 years ago

    Most of Luann’s teacher/mentor/volunteer arcs start with her getting into trouble with someone before miraculously getting out of it. School – Principal Purgus. Fay – Helicopter mother. Kids Place – fight with Tiffany. Etc. & so on…

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    cabalonrye  over 2 years ago

    Good way of teaching a kid to see time as linear, not “just now” and “long long and irrelevant ago”. I get the same reaction with the bright kids telling me that WWII was in the dim past, and I tell them that my still living parents were kids during that time and do remember it and that I grew up among people who lived and fought in it, or survived the camps. That makes it suddenly real to them in a way no book can.

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