This is very inspiring, but also very inaccurate. The author/originator of the video states as much.
I wanted to use this in my U.S. History class lecture. However, after researching it, I felt I could not show this to the class given all the inaccuracies (unless I did it as a spot the mistakes exercise) - as much as I DO like the video. It is a patriotic work of fiction.
There is a document on the web detailing all of this. I will try to find it again. Very briefly, here's what I remember from the doc off the top of my head.
-- The year is 1812 - we were the United States. Not colonies - not subject to British rule. Video confuses War of 1812 with Revolutionary War throughout.
-- There were not women and children in the fort.
There are many more examples in the doc, too many to just gloss over and explain away.
Here is an article similar to the one I remembered. And I have a correction, the year is 1814, not 1812 as I stated. But, it is during the War of 1812 and we were the United States by then, not colonies (both years).
In the article I remembered, these facts were shared with the creator of the video as well.
This is very inspiring, but also very inaccurate. The author/originator of the video states as much.
I wanted to use this in my U.S. History class lecture. However, after researching it, I felt I could not show this to the class given all the inaccuracies (unless I did it as a spot the mistakes exercise) - as much as I DO like the video. It is a patriotic work of fiction.
There is a document on the web detailing all of this. I will try to find it again. Very briefly, here's what I remember from the doc off the top of my head.
-- The year is 1812 - we were the United States. Not colonies - not subject to British rule. Video confuses War of 1812 with Revolutionary War throughout.
-- There were not women and children in the fort.
There are many more examples in the doc, too many to just gloss over and explain away.