In Night at the Museum, the following are facts are presented about history: Are these facts correct compared to what actually happened & was said? (quotes)
Roosevelt-
-Loved history & believed that the more you know about the past the better prepared you are for the future.
-Built Panama Canal.
-Horse-Texas.
-"With great victory comes great sacrifice"
-Liked Sacagawea.
-1909 & I was going up the Zambezi river in Africa & our river guide was a briliant pygmy who spoke only by clicking.
Sacagawea-
-led lewis &Clark on their expedition to find the Pacific Ocean. Led men across rivers & up mountains with a baby on her back.
-One of the most famous trackers in history.
Attila & the huns-
considered the only genuine threat to the Roman Empire.
"scourge of God.”
Often tear of the limbs of their victims.
He was famous for his superstitious beliefs.
He surrounded himself with a phlanx of sorcerers & magicians. Who advised & mystified him with their dark arts.
First of all it’s a movie and meant to be funny. I thought it was a good show one of Ben Stiller’s best,
Most of the points you have made are not quite true.
Roosevelt.
Educated by tutors in his early years. Attended prep schools later graduated from Harvard. So he was very well educated and the first sentence is true.
When he was President he helped the United States build the Panama Canal. He was the first President to leave the country and visit a foreign country, Panama.
Texas and horses? I don’t know if he ever was in Texas but he was quite a cowboy and owned a ranch in the Dakota Territories. He was a charter member of the Montana Cattleman’s Association.
I don’t know about this quote "With great victory comes great sacrifice" his most famous quote was "Speak softly and carry a big stick"
Sacagawea-
Roosevelt was born about 45 years after Sacagawea died. So he could not have known her.
Sacagawea was hired by Lewis and Clark as an interrupter for the exhibition to translate Shoshone to Hadatsa to her husband Toussaint Charbonneau. He translated from Hadatsa to French to Labeck and he translated it to English to Marryweather Lewis. Her skills as a Shoshone speaker made it possible for the Corp of Discovery to obtain horses.
She was not a guide or pathfinder. She did however travel with the explorers from North Dakota to the Oregon coast and back, with her baby son strapped to her back. Because of her roll, she is a very important women in American history.
Attila & the Huns
Sounds like most of this is true. I am not sure about the black arts stuff. He did scare the "H" out of Rome. He is revered as a national hero in Hungary. And it’s ironic that such a warrior should die of a nose bleed brought on by drinking too much wine on his wedding night.
November 6th, 2009 at 12:06 am
First of all it’s a movie and meant to be funny. I thought it was a good show one of Ben Stiller’s best,
Most of the points you have made are not quite true.
Roosevelt.
Educated by tutors in his early years. Attended prep schools later graduated from Harvard. So he was very well educated and the first sentence is true.
When he was President he helped the United States build the Panama Canal. He was the first President to leave the country and visit a foreign country, Panama.
Texas and horses? I don’t know if he ever was in Texas but he was quite a cowboy and owned a ranch in the Dakota Territories. He was a charter member of the Montana Cattleman’s Association.
I don’t know about this quote "With great victory comes great sacrifice" his most famous quote was "Speak softly and carry a big stick"
Sacagawea-
Roosevelt was born about 45 years after Sacagawea died. So he could not have known her.
Sacagawea was hired by Lewis and Clark as an interrupter for the exhibition to translate Shoshone to Hadatsa to her husband Toussaint Charbonneau. He translated from Hadatsa to French to Labeck and he translated it to English to Marryweather Lewis. Her skills as a Shoshone speaker made it possible for the Corp of Discovery to obtain horses.
She was not a guide or pathfinder. She did however travel with the explorers from North Dakota to the Oregon coast and back, with her baby son strapped to her back. Because of her roll, she is a very important women in American history.
Attila & the Huns
Sounds like most of this is true. I am not sure about the black arts stuff. He did scare the "H" out of Rome. He is revered as a national hero in Hungary. And it’s ironic that such a warrior should die of a nose bleed brought on by drinking too much wine on his wedding night.
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