The Origin Story of the Founding Fathers

This whole thing about the founding fathers just so perfectly illustrates our complicated relationship with our past. We treat our origin less like a blueprint and more like the steering wheel of a car. It's like whoever gains control of it can dictate the direction we travel. So ok, let's recap. A large faction of people to day romanticized the 19 fifties. And the people of the 19 Fifties romanticized antibellam america. And who now were the revolutionaries romanticizing? Well, the british empire sure wasn't going to get the nomination.