The victorious General Washington enters New York
If Hamilton had had his way it would have been King George the First with little Alex the heir apparent. Burr did the nation a huge favor.
They’re all gods. Screw the liberals.
Gee-Dub.
The big man himself.
George Washington.
If Hamilton had had his way it would have been King George the First with little Alex the heir apparent. Burr did the nation a huge favor.
The funny thing is, the Founding Fathers favorite Fouding Father was Washington. First in the hearts of his countrymen.
An inventor, a philosopher, an entrepreneur, never ran for president & his image on one of my favorites currencies.
What a nice group to choose from, they just don’t make them like that anymore. Allowing freedom of religion was a stroke genius. Were any of them muslim?
Good thing they had a large pond between them and their adversaries or they would have been squashed like bugs.
No love for John Hancock.
It is funny how John Hancock is an afterthought, an asterisk in all discussions of the founding fathers, and generally never even mentioned. Even Patrick Henry will get a mention, deservedly. But poor old John Hancock never gets any credit.
The founders only thought so much of him that he was the unanimously re-elected to preside over the 2nd Continental Congress during its deliberations over Independence. I have a feeling that John Hancock deserves a lot more respect and admiration than he tends to get. Had Adams presided, I think we would have had civil war among the colonies rather than a new nation. ha ha ha.
The British thought of him enough to make him their target of arrest when they marched on Lexington and Concord. I know Palin must be threat to the left because they telegraph their fear of her. In the same way, the British telegraphed their fear of Hancock.
Not that I believe Hancock ranks with Washington, I just think he kind of gets the shaft in these discussions. Of course, you can go on forever about them, Patrick Henry, George Mason, Henry Lee, on and on...
What I wouldn’t give to have three of them today!
I think for sheer reach and getting ht epeople behind the idea of Revolution, Thomas Paine needs a mention. In a nation of 2,000,000, Common Sense sold 500,000 copies. In terms of market penetration for a publcished work, it still holds the record.
Steve Garvey
It’s a tossup between John Adams and George Washington. Both brilliant in their own ways.
full disclosure, i’m named after george so aside from obvious.
i want to give credit to the anti-federalists who gave us the bill of rights with the constitution. thanks to their foresight, we still have a small chance of saving the republic, God willing.
my favs: Robert Yates (Brutus) of NY, Patrick Henry, Mason and Randoloph of Virginia.
Tough choice. Houston? Travis? Austin? Bowie? Crockett? I’d have to go with Sam Houston.
tj
Can’t pick just one:
George Washington, the great General and father of the country. The indispensable man, they call him, for good reason.
Samuel Adams, the lighter of the “brushfires of the mind” that made the Revolution possible.
John Adams, for his brain power, his diplomacy, and his steady political service to his country over many, many years. And for siring John Quincy.
Thomas Paine, for his political writing which stirred the whole nation, at a critical moment in history.
Patrick Henry, for his incredible passion.
Thomas Jefferson, for penning the immortal founding paragraphs of the republic, and for having the foresight to double the size of the country with the Louisiana Purchase.
James Madison, for having the vision and the plain dogged stick-to-it-iveness to bring the Constitution into being.
Benjamin Franklin, for his down home wisdom and diplomatic talent.
And so many more.
The victorious General Washington enters New York
Reading everyone’s thoughts and reasons for their choice or choices, makes me feel even more over awed by the group that came together at that moment of time and founded our great nation. If only it would happen again, a collective group of decent men and woman, joining together, determined to preserve our nation and turn it back to ways that made it great.
My cousin, John Adams.