I used to believe that Abraham Lincoln was the 2nd president of the United States.
I blame the school system, who only taught kindergarteners and first graders about two presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, no one in between.
A childhood belief about history

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that God looked exactly like the picture of Abraham Lincoln on an American penny.— Leah
- I used to believe because I was born I Abe Lincoln's birthday I had a better shot at being President.— END
- I used to believe that China was attached to the United States somewhere up near Washington state.Anon
- I used to believe that the lower level of the George Washington Bridge in NYC was named Martha Washington— Shayne
- when i was in kindergarten i believed that abe lincoln was buried in a cabin and not a coffin— lisa
- I used to believe that America was one of the states of the United States.— Limor