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When I was two years old, I would ask my parents all sorts of questions about the world around me. ... No, I do not, but I have accepted this as being a fact of my childhood because I trust my source: my parents. ... With this in mind, one can only talk meaningfully about history to the extent of which the source is believed.
‘Historical fact is nothing more than what one event has been interpreted to be. When an event becomes history, there are usually many steps it goes through to become a so-called ‘historical fact. First the event is seen, second it is recorded, third it is interpreted and written down, and the list continues through many layers of historical analysis. This means that a ‘historical fact has that many layers to become misinterpreted or even misconstrued. ... Both the British and the Americans give a different interpretation of that days events, and they were all speaking with a bias for one country or another. If someone wanted to talk accurately and meaningfully about the first shot at Lexington Green, one major problem of knowledge arises. ... This bias affects the accuracy of the ‘historical fact and can therefore only be interpreted with this now wrong knowledge about the topic. This all means that a historical ‘fact is no longer a fact as we may call it. A fact is defined as actuality or truth. ... By doing this you would be interpreting the history to be a fact although there may be a completely opposite interpretation.
Approximate Word count = 1212
Approximate Pages = 4.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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