Myth of the Month 16: The Founding Fathers
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
The Myth of the Founding Fathers
There was a feeling of inadequacy and anxiety that they would not measure up to the revolutionary generation. So in that way, you can see the roots of the myth of the founding fathers coming out of this feeling of of unease. There has never been any consensus about exactly what the founding fathers stood for,. We just don't know exactly, or can't agree on, what it was.
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