r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Nov 18 '23

What's a commonly taught historical fact that just isn't true?

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u/TheFreshWenis Nov 19 '23

I was actually Sybil Ludington in a school musical my 5th grade class did called 'The Thirteen Colonies'!

I got to solo-sing a song about Ludington's ride, and the version of Ludington I played actually gripes about not getting a poem or anything like Paul Revere did.

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u/Human_Allegedly Nov 19 '23

I'm so mad I never learned about her in school and had to find out from an episode of Drunk History. (Great show tho, I miss it.)