founding
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I mean, even in Washington Crossing the Delaware, Emanuel Leutze painted the Founding Father with a small paunch.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026
He wrapped the project in nostalgia for the Founding era ahead of the country’s 250th anniversary.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
Founding Fathers including Washington and Hamilton encouraged “manufactures External link,” though businesses in the early Republic were necessarily small and locally oriented.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
The Founding Fathers are usually revered for their political genius, their ability to create a Constitution elastic enough to survive nearly 250 years and counting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Woodhull pointed out that the Fourteenth Amendment used the word “persons” and that the Founding Fathers had also used the word “persons” rather than distinguish between men and women when they drafted the Constitution.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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