Lynne Cheney Urges History ‘Teach-Ins’
Younger Americans don’t know enough about U.S. history to fully appreciate the freedoms its military is defending in the war against terrorism, Lynne Cheney said.
The wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, speaking to a Conservative Political Action Conference group in Arlington, said that in a 1999 survey of seniors from top colleges such as Princeton and Stanford, only one-fifth knew that the words “government of the people, by the people, for the people” came from the Gettysburg Address.
She recommended “teach-ins” on college campuses, in public libraries and in private homes as a way for Americans to learn more about the nation’s history.
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