tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post3069368005592373660..comments2024-03-22T17:11:42.609-04:00Comments on World Turn'd Upside Down: Myths in History: Why Do Myths Prevail?Stephanie Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13324411278252488163noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-33438355557868730522013-11-11T22:00:57.424-05:002013-11-11T22:00:57.424-05:00Wow....I don't think I really want to know. :P...Wow....I don't think I really want to know. :PAndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03191168684132845378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-88174802311223334682013-11-11T21:45:17.553-05:002013-11-11T21:45:17.553-05:00Every time I am at the grocery store I think of al...Every time I am at the grocery store I think of all of the primary sources that future historians will use. Civil War enthusiasts love to study the popular ladies magazine Godey's. What will the historians deduce from the cover of Cosmo? <br /><br />http://www.cosmopolitan.com/cm/cosmopolitan/images/SY/cos-01-miranda-kerr-november-de.jpg<br /><br />http://edanafashion.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/lauren-conrad-cosmopolitan-july-2009-01.jpg<br /><br />http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TZ60-72xZZk/TCNUpNLRihI/AAAAAAAADRI/s8Pgo3RK8vU/s1600/Cosmopolitan_cover_Kristen_Bell.jpg<br />Stephanie Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13324411278252488163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-53460501617970528332013-11-11T21:39:35.795-05:002013-11-11T21:39:35.795-05:00#3 People proclaim this on my tours all the time. ...#3 People proclaim this on my tours all the time. :) That is a good post on it. <br /><br />The others are interesting too.Stephanie Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13324411278252488163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-4034466093744282532013-11-11T20:54:50.495-05:002013-11-11T20:54:50.495-05:00It's funny to think of what myths will be told...It's funny to think of what myths will be told about us in a few hundred years. We tend to record a lot of what goes on in our lives, so it would be really neat to see what survives, and what the average person "knows" (or even cares to know) about us. Will things be exaggerated, or forgotten?<br /><br />I love the fact that you know the difference between many of these myths and the truth. One reason so many "history buffs" are so mistaken is that they don't do research for themselves. The closest they get is another's interpretation of research they have done, or even their interpretation of research yet another person has done!<br /><br />I love to hear about period sources, such as journals, books, and articles, that you have read, that brings us closer to the way the past really was. Having you share what you have read in actual period writing has helped to dispel some of the many misconceptions that are held about the way society was.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03191168684132845378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-48437976839070971492013-11-11T18:06:21.145-05:002013-11-11T18:06:21.145-05:00Here's a couple for you:
1. That most women di...Here's a couple for you:<br />1. That most women didn't know how to read during the Civil War era.<br />2. Santa Claus wasn't called Santa Claus until sometime after the Civil War - he was known as St. Nicholas. (He was known quite popularly as Santa Claus beginning in the later 1840's - plus I have a January 1863 Harper's Weekly to prove that he was called Santa during the CW)<br />3. (And my biggest pet peeve) People only lived to around 50 years old in the mid-19th century. Here - a posting I wrote explains it better: http://passionforthepast.blogspot.com/2011/08/average-life-expectancy-myth.htmlHistorical Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979801752112100293noreply@blogger.com