But the myths about Washington are more subtle.
"I never told a lie." Horseshit. He was a military commander. He lied to everybody.
"He threw a silver dollar across the Potomac." There were no silver dollars when Washington was growing up and further his boyhood home was on the Rappahannock not the Potomac.
"I never told a lie." Horseshit. He was a military commander. He lied to everybody.
"He threw a silver dollar across the Potomac." There were no silver dollars when Washington was growing up and further his boyhood home was on the Rappahannock not the Potomac.