I spent the early part of my day (meaning from around 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) watching the History Channel. They were finally playing historical shows for once. I was happy about that until I realized the shows I was watching weren't completely accurate with a lot of things.
Two of the major things are that 1) Harriet Beecher Stowe was NOT just some housewife from New England. She was from a very prominent family and was one of the few very educated women of the era, and 2) Abraham Lincoln was not some unknown politician when he gained the Republican nomination in 1860. He had been in politics for a while, had served in the US House of Representatives and the Illinois General Assembly, and widely debated US Senator Stephen Douglass, gaining him national attention. All of that aside, the shows were also somewhat sympathetic to the South in trying to validate the evil of slavery.
I then proceeded to bum around the house where I'm staying until I went back home around 4 in order to go to a family thing for the 4th. The minute I walked through the door I went upstairs to my room and collapsed until around 5:45 when we had to leave.
I had a good time with my family over in New Kent. There were games and beer and wine and it was just a good time.
Fireworks were a little lame though, but I didn't buy them so I am not allowed to complain that much.
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