I used to believe that Washington D.C. was in Washington and that the the United States was the entire world and there were no other countries.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- 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 little I thought that Washington( D.C. )was in Washington state. Anon
- I used to believe that the United States covered almost the entire planet.— RAB
- I used to believe that the Mormon Temple in Washington DC was Disney World. It sure does from the belt way.— William Scheren
- I used to believe that America was one of the states of the United States.— Limor