"Um… Is that them?" Ahmed asked pointing up the street. Two Colonialists were heading rapidly towards them. On skateboards!

Dennis laughed. "Yep. The gentleman on the left, the African American, is Benjamin Banneker. He's a scientist and the editor of a noted Alamanac. The other one is Benjamin Rush. He was the Physician General during the Revolutionary War and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence!" The two Benjamins waved at them.

"Today they've come to talk about the course this new nation is taking. They're upset that although a War Department has been set up, there are no plans to form a Department of Peace."

The two colonists flashed the kids a peace sign as they roared by.

"Um…they hadn't invented skate-boards by 1792!" Erin pointed out.

Dennis laughed again. "Anything can happen in cyberspace."

"Hey, Kucinich," Benjamin Banneker called as the two men raced back. "Go long!" Mr. Banneker tossed something in the air. Dennis leaped up over a passing carriage and caught it. The PeaceKids were impressed.

"Oh, thanks," Dennis blushed. "I played football in high school."

Dennis handed Ming the Almanac he had caught. "The very next year after this meeting, Benjamin Banneker's Almanac included an article written by Benjamin Rush entitled, 'A Plan of a Peace Office for the United States.' This was more than 200 years before I introduced a bill in Congress to create a Department of Peace!"

Dennis pulled out his palm pilot and started tapping. Suddenly they found themselves whizzing through Cyberspace.