07.05.07
An Unusual 4th of July
I had an unusual 4th of July yesterday. My husband had to work, and the only two children (two sons) left at home wanted to go with their friends so I consented to let them go thinking “Aaaah, I can spend some time by myself catching up on my never ending to do list”.
As I was thinking about what to do first, I overheard bits and pieces of a 4th of July program on the History Channel that my husband was watching before he left for work at 11:30a.m. I quickly became interested in the documentary on the Revolutionary War and totally forgot about my to do list.
There were flash backs between George Washington on the battle front and Benjamin Franklin who was skillfully negotiating with the King of France for funds to purchase the needed war supplies in America.
For the first time, I was able to follow the strategies used in this war because the minds behind this documentary thoughtfully used simple diagrams to show rather than just explain the strategies. The royal army was represented in red, the colonial army in blue, and once the French joined the war, their color was purple. It was so easy and enjoyable for me to follow who went which way.
I ended up watching this lengthy, but well done documentary all day long……I guess my to do list wasn’t that important after all. I enjoyed this program, “The Revolution” so much that I ordered it from the History Channel Store so I can watch it without the interference of advertisements and in shorter increments.