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You've Got To Marinate Your Head, In That Time And Culture. You've Got To Become Them." (speaking About Researching, And Reading, And Immersing Yourself In History)

When I'm Reading For My Own Pleasure, I Read Things Other Than History Or Archival Material. I Read A Lot Of Fiction. I'm Very Fond Of Mysteries.

History Is Not Just About Dates And Quotations. And It's Not Just About Politics, The Military And Social Issues, Though Much Of It Of Course Is About That. It's About Everything. It's About Life History. It's Human. And We Have To See It That Way. We Have To Teach It That Way. We Have To Read It That Way. It's About Art, Music, Literature, Money, Science, Love - The Human Experience.

The Year 1776, Celebrated As The Birth Year Of The Nation And For The Signing Of The Declaration Of Independence, Was For Those Who Carried The Fight For Independence Forward A Year Of All-too-few Victories, Of Sustained Suffering, Disease, Hunger, Desertion, Cowardice, Disillusionment, Defeat, Terrible Discouragement, And Fear, As They Would Never Forget, But Also Of Phenomenal Courage And Bedrock Devotion To Country, And That, Too They Would Never Forget.

Nobody Ever Lived In The Past.