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Myth of the Month 16: The Founding Fathers

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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The Concept of Founding Fathers by Harding

Harding argues that the essentials of constructive government and attending progress are abiding and unchanging. In his view, these founding fathers were not just solving problems in their own time, but for all time. And they can be likened to,. say, the patriarchs in the bible, like abraham and jacob. Harding: We should be as genuinely american to day as we were then.

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