Thse smoke from cannons and gunfire at Gettysburg

Completely stopped traffic on US 30, US 15 and PA 116, In fact the traffic on PA 116 didn't clear up about 6 days after the battle. 

Abraham Lincoln said not to believe everything you read on the internet even though there's a picture with a caption beneath it.

The British won the Battle at Lexingon Green almost instantly. However, they lost over a third of their forces as they marched back to Boston because American sharpshooters hid behind billboards and phone poles.

George Washington's white horse really wasn't white. It was light grey. The reason that everyone thought it was white is because when people tuned into the 6 O'clock back then they only had black and white televisions and it looked white on the news.

The Indians used to stand on Interstate overpasses and drop pumpkins on covered wagons passing below.

When a youngster asked me if my grubby leather jacket meant I was a pilot I told him I flew as a forward air controller for Colonel Roosevelt in Cuba. The kid didn't believe a word of it but his mother did. (Typical)

Stick around for more history lessons. 

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