Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
SONG!: Mr. Lincoln
LYRICS
Mr. Lincoln, who were you?
Honest Abe please tell me true
Why do we remember you?
Why do we remember you?
Can you tell me?
Long and lanky, really tall,
Long and lanky, really tall,
All the way to 6 foot 4,
Stern look, strong back,
Stern look, strong back,
Black top hat
Mr. Lincoln
you got me thinking
about your role in history
It's Presidents Day
It's Presidents Day
so happy birthday
from a grateful free country.
1809 when you were born
one room cabin for your home
Kentucky first
Kentucky first
and then you moved to Indiana
You walked for miles to borrow books,
used your axe for splitting wood
ran a store, went to war,
ran a store, went to war,
and studied law
Mr. Lincoln
you got me thinking
about your role in history
It's Presidents Day
It's Presidents Day
so happy birthday
from a grateful free country.
Our president through civil war,
our country torn apart for sure,
Keep the union, free the slaves,
Keep the union, free the slaves,
Emancipation.
North and South a deep divide,
North and South a deep divide,
at Gettysburg where soldiers died
you called us all to unify
you called us all to unify
United States!
Mr. Lincoln
you got me thinking
about your role in history
It's Presidents Day
It's Presidents Day
so happy birthday
from a grateful free country.
We see your face,
It’s carved into Mount Rushmore
A marble statue is part of your memorial
You're on our pennies, and our five dollar bills
A marble statue is part of your memorial
You're on our pennies, and our five dollar bills
And on a ship that serves us still!
By 65 the war was won
the civil war was gone and done
John Wilkes Booth took his gun
John Wilkes Booth took his gun
and killed Abe Lincoln
The greatest of our statesmen gone
The greatest of our statesmen gone
his legacy lives on and on
In freedom an equality for you and me
In freedom an equality for you and me
Mr. Lincoln
you got me thinking
about your role in history
It's Presidents Day
It's Presidents Day
so happy birthday
from a grateful free country.
SONG!: The First Five Presidents
LYRICS
Do you know who were the first five presidents?
Can you tell me because I’d like to know?
Do you know who were the first five presidents?
What did they do to help our nation grow?
George Washington was number 1
He had the British on the run
So let’s clap now for George Washington
Do you know who were the first five presidents?
Can you tell me because I’d like to know?
Do you know who were the first five presidents?
What did they do to help our nation grow?
Then John Adams number 2
A peace negotiator true
George Washington was number 1
He had the British on the run
Wave your flag now for George Washington
Do you know who were the first five presidents?
Can you tell me because I’d like to know?
Do you know who were the first five presidents?
What did they do to help our nation grow?
Thomas Jefferson number 3
Bought more land for you and me
Then John Adams number 2
A peace negotiator true
George Washington was number 1
He had the British on the run
So salute now for George Washington
Do you know who were the first five presidents?
Can you tell me because I’d like to know?
Do you know who were the first five presidents?
What did they do to help our nation grow?
James Madison was number 4
He made us stronger than before
Thomas Jefferson number 3
Bought more land for you and me
Then John Adams number 2
A peace negotiator true
George Washington was number 1
He had the British on the run
Let’s have fireworks now for George Washington
Pop! Bang!
Do you know who were the first five presidents?
Can you tell me because I’d like to know?
Do you know who were the first five presidents?
What did they do to help our nation grow?
James Monroe was number 5
He made good feelings come to life
James Madison was number 4
He made us stronger than before
Thomas Jefferson number 3
Bought more land for you and me
Then John Adams number 2
A peace negotiator true
George Washington was number 1
He had the British on the run
So let’s clap now for George Washington
Let’s salute now for George Washington
Let’s give a cheer now for George Washington
Hoo-ray!
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
VIDEOS: Colonial Printer
These videos make it easier to understand a complicated process that's hard to visualize if you've never seen it before.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
VIDEO: Holiday Traditions of the 17th and 18th Centuries
As many families celebrate the holiday season, check out this video which describes how they did it 300-some years ago...
Friday, June 17, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
SONG!: "Manifest Destiny" by MC LaLa
Here's a little story I'd like to tell about the land that we love and know so well
it started small, not much to boast, just thirteen colonies on the east coast
as time went by Europeans moved west and took native land calling it conquest
why'd they do it , it's easy to see, an idea called Manifest Destiny
Georgia, 1828, the Cherokee nation was the center of debate
they did their best to assimilate but their land was some primetime real estate
so Andrew jackson laid the feud to rest and forced them to leave in the name of progress
over 15,000 faced their fears in what later became known as the trail of tears
by 1840, we cleared the east, of native peoples may they rest in peace
with guns and steel the whites had their way
now they set their sights on Californ-i-a
see Mexico, as we know it today
is only a piece of where it used to lay
back in the day it included L.A. but expansionists had something to say
according to them, it was part of god's plan to spread our culture all across the land
our democracy was simply the best so it's only right that we take the southwest
others spoke up said let's take it slow, we need to respect the rights of Mexico
but James K. Polk took the reigns, war broke out and more land was gained
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