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Students flunking history. (Now hear this: brief news items of interest to veterans and their families.).(Brief Article)
The need for the bill mentioned above is self-evident. American students' knowledge of their own history is abysmal. According to a survey, "Losing America's Memory, Historical Illiteracy in the 21st Century," which was conducted at 55 colleges in December 1999 by the Roper Organization for the Council of Trustees and Alumni, 78% of the college seniors said they were not required to take any history courses.
And it shows. Only 34% of these elite college students knew that George Washington was the American general at the battle of Yorktown in …
