This should make you think and wonder what the hell we are doing as a nation. We need to teach history again. Those that ignore are condemned to repeat it.

7/2: Don’t Know Much About History?

There’s good news for American education.  About three-quarters of
residents — 74% — know the U.S. declared its independence from Great
Britain in 1776.  The bad news for the academic system — 26% do not. 
This 26% includes one-fifth who are unsure and 6% who thought the U.S.
separated from another nation.  That begs the question, “From where do
the latter think the U.S. achieved its independence?”  Among the
countries mentioned are France, China, Japan, Mexico, and Spain.