History is Creed's favorite subject. He's always so excited to read our Story of the World. This week we studied the Crusades. We were surprised how unsuccessful most of them were. However, we recognized that the same conflict over the Holy Land has existed for centuries, and that Christianity, Judaism and Islam all consider Jerusalem to be a holy place. The pope at the time told the people that they would be rewarded and forgiven of their sins for fighting in the Crusades. Ordinary people wanted to reap those same blessings, so pilgrimages were born. When individuals went on these pilgrimages, they would take home a badge as a sort of souvenir. It was the middle ages version of visiting Washington, DC and bringing home a magnet. The children colored some of their own and pinned them on their shirts.
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