I used to believe that the Gettysburg Address was the mailing address of the White House.
A childhood belief about history

others believed things like this
- I used to think being on holiday meant that you were moving house temporarily, like with a change of address.Anon
- When my sister told one of my brothers her e-mail address, he thought to spell out “at” instead of typing “@”.— EJ - no longer computer illiterate!
- The Whit house down the street was the real "White House". — SG
- I used to think that the song "Just like white winged dove" by Stevie Nicks was "Just like the white window" — Julia
- Remember the old Tubes song "White Punks on Dope". Thought they were singing "White Folks are Dumb"
— WailerMan - I used to believe that when you moved house you swapped house with the person moving into your old house.Anon