North Carolina last week was upset because its fifth-grade pupils were learning State history out of a book (North Carolina Yesterday & Today by Jule B. Warren) which declared that:
> "Congress elected George Washington . . . President." (The electors, not Congress, did so.)
> Tarheel Joseph Martin had fought in the Mexican War in 1848 and trained Confederate troops in the Civil War. (The book also states he died in 1786.)
> Tarheel Charles McDowell was a hero of the Battle of King's Mountain in 1780. (On page 306, the book says he...
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