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I haven't got the facts either. Yet a lot has happened in those 500 years, and it would be a shame not to mention that. After mid-1600 the Dutch have had very

I haven't got the facts either. Yet a lot has happened in those 500 years, and it would be a shame not to mention that. After mid-1600 the Dutch have had very little to say in New York (or should I say New Amsterdam, still such a shame they changed the name..), when the British decided New York should be theirs, despite being at peace with the Dutch. I wonder if the Dutch heritage still be taught in schools in the US.

whimsicalism 5y ago
US students are certainly taught about Dutch colonial history in the continental US, at least where I grew up.
Spooky23 5y ago
It was in the 80s. Standardization of core curriculum and political changes will probably eliminate most of that. The people who cared about this stuff have scattered as society became more mobile and slave holdings make most of these figures impolitic.