Voltaire

I believe when Voltaire said, “History is a lie commonly agreed upon,” he basically meant, what we hear is what we believe. Just because someone put it in a text book, and called themselves experts, everyone decides to believe it, because in reality, no one was really there to experience it, and usually the documents that historians base their facts off of are from the victorious party’s perspective. So what we have been taught since elementary has for mostly been false. From how the tradition of Thanksgiving flourished…. To thinking that Columbus actually discovered America. Before stepping foot into Mr. Meechins classroom, almost every single one of us believed these facts to be the truth, and we all agreed upon them.