I was blessed growing up in Virginia. The home of the most US Presidents. When I was in elementary school, we were taught Virginia history. Which involved the Jamestown settlements, Williamsburg, and all the way through the Revolutionary War. We had field trips to all the battlefields around Petersburg , Appomattox and Richmond and to the homes of the Presidents.

I have friends back home who are proud members of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The county where I was born was home to an Indian buriel ground and winter hunting grounds. When I was in sixth grade, we went on field trips to watch the archeological digs. I had great teachers. In Junior High, I had a teacher who was a Civil War buff. Many battles were fought in my home state and surrounding region. From Indian battles and Revolutionary War battles to Civil War battles to the great Cumberland Gap.

In all fairness to my teachers, I suppose there is only so much time in a day and so much time in a school year to teach. That is what makes a show like the Founders' Friday so special to me. I love to learn. I wish others would watch.