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Myth of the Month 16: The Founding Fathers
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
The Founding Fathers and the Civil War
This is a new myth, that the founding fathers had a single, organic vision. The one problem or divide in that vision was then resolved by the civil war. So now, after the civil war and reconstruction are over, they should return to perfect unity and concord. And he goes on to say, we have seen the world rivet its hopeful gaze on the great truth on which the founders wrought.
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