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EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
A god? I don’t know anyone who doesn’t think he was an opportunist who owned slaves like most of the white colonial era land owning males. And opinions of “the founders” have only declined since I have been alive.
I mean yes there are different opinions about the dude, but they build him a statue where he is literally portrayed as an ancient Roman god would have been:
Edit: after reading the OP again, yeah the “entire” in there is what I disagree with as well.
Where is that statue? The only statue I am aware of is in Richmond, and he’s depicted fully clothed, kinda like statues of Napoleon
This is the one, currently kept at the National Museum of American History in Washington DC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_%28Greenough%29
harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Have you seen any ads for the movie “Young Washington”? Hopefully not. They make me mad and wonder how they managed to get actors like Andy Serkis and Ben Kingsley.
The Mormon church teaches that the “Founding Fathers” were inspired by God and raised by God to make sure that the US would be created.
Washington may not be revered as a god, but Mormons and many conservatives see him as an icon and saint.