We were discussing movies in French class this week and my French teacher commented that she had recently seen Lincoln. She enjoyed it very much, but was surprised to learn that Abraham Lincoln had been assassinated. I mentioned this to J, and the next day he took a survey of four of his non-American co-workers. They were all roughly familiar with Abraham Lincoln and his place in American history, but only one of the four knew how he died.
While I don’t expect that people in other countries would pay much attention to American history, we both found it odd that people who knew who Abraham Lincoln was and were aware of the Civil War and his role in abolishing slavery would not know that he had been assassinated. I guess Lincoln will have a surprise ending for at least part of its international audience!
While I don’t expect that people in other countries would pay much attention to American history, we both found it odd that people who knew who Abraham Lincoln was and were aware of the Civil War and his role in abolishing slavery would not know that he had been assassinated. I guess Lincoln will have a surprise ending for at least part of its international audience!
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