i tend to give the kids of my friends the book johnny tremaine , which i love. that is something that inspires people to become interested in the american revolution. it's not the whole story, but it is something that gets people in the time and thinking about it. host: let's talk to lynn from atlantic beach, florida. lynn has also visited a historical site. where did you go? toler: i took a trip massachusetts for the first time with my 10-year-old grandson, an ultimate field trip. concord and talked about the beginning of the revolution, and then we talked about the literary life in the 1800s. we went to walden pond. one of the greatest visits is going to quincy and stand on the sidewalk and look through the neighborhood in which john adams ' birth place is situated, and imagining abigail stood there and looked out at the sea of boston while her huston was at congress, that is amazing. and, we went to plymouth stood there and thought about our ancestors who came over on the mayflower. my grandson is very steeped in american history. monticelloop will be to stud