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» pink101 - GW

In response to GW posted by BrianTubbs:
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But, I agree that George Washington was an extraordinary human being who was greatly instumental in the development of our nation.
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In those days, Americans were greatly influenced by icons and as an Icon, the Father of Our Country was First in the Hearts of His Countrymen--First among equals who carriage quite a visage if we are to believe our historians. I'm sure he was.
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Fischer makes the times come alive. One of his points has to do with Adams, Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison who he sees as the four major politicians of the day. And, he points out how they have been brought up from time to time throughout the ensuing years both negatively and positively. He cites the time between the 1930s and the 1940s as one of those time in perspective during the rise of fascism in Europe. I attended a one room rural school house in Michigan during the second half of the 1930s. And, our teacher made it seem as though those men almost must have lived just down the road from where we lived. We were close to the colonial days in 1930s rural America--moreso that I think we realize today. Farmers still used horses to plow their fields.
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-- posted by pink101