George Washington is the United States of America’s first president and the father of our country.
He is a man of legendary stature around the entire globe for his wisdom and bravery.
But today, many on the far-left believe he should be canceled – erased from American culture and history.
It’s incumbent on patriotic Americans to rise to this challenge, and celebrate Washington more than ever.
Just when you think the cancel culture can’t get any worse, the San Francisco Board of Education is removing the names of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and even Dianne Feinstein from certain schools. This is cancel culture gone crazy. It’s time to cancel the cancel culture. pic.twitter.com/yVNtSfGVLJ
— U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (@SenBillCassidy) February 3, 2021
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In June 2020, George Washington was the top trending topic on Twitter after his statue was toppled in Portland, Oregon.
The next day, his statue was also defaced in Baltimore’s Druid Hill Park.
There are more examples of leftist attacks on Washington as a symbol of our country and Founding Father. I will spare you the gory details.
Schools named after Washington in various U.S. cities and towns are dropping the name as citizens kowtow to an outrageous and radical “woke” left.
The head of one private all-female prep middle school and high school, Harpeth Hall, in Nashville, Tennessee said that the school’s annual reflection on Washington was “not consistent with or relevant to the way that we teach history today.”
Pure nonsense.
A prominent prep school (Harpeth Hall) in Nashville has said it will no longer hold its annual celebration of George Washington because its “not consistent or relevant to the way that we teach history today.” They only teach revisionist history now? https://t.co/d8PntRlPQO
— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) June 23, 2020
Washington helped win the Revolutionary War and served as the first Commander-in-Chief, but there is even more to his grand legacy.
The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s John Berlau’s book “George Washington: Entrepreneur: How Our Founding Father’s Private Business Pursuits Changed America and the World” explains how George Washington paved the way for American innovation and dynamism through his business ventures and support of early American inventors.
Berlau explains, “I reveal how excessive British regulation was a big factor in turning him toward revolution.”
Obviously American independence was crucial to our budding nation. But Berlau also explains how Washington spoke out against the bigots of his time.
“I also show how Washington crusaded against bigotry toward Catholics and Jews and eventually turned against slavery—speaking out against it frequently in letters and freeing all his enslaved workers in his will,” Berlau writes.
On the Harpeth Hall school controversy, Berlau said, “I think it’s very sad but unfortunately typical of what’s going on in the rest of the country.”
He added, “If I were a parent with a student at that school, I would be very disappointed that they were not giving my child a well-rounded education.”
“Washington wasn’t perfect, and It’s fine to teach criticism of him and the other Founding Fathers, but this school official actually says learning about him is irrelevant,” Berlau continued.
Finally, someone with a brain, or an entire city is getting really sick and tired of this BS and are banning together to put an end. San Franciscans are no fond of wasting $400.000 just to uphold petty politicshttps://t.co/THSmPIpDkr
— The Real Engie (@engie_real) February 5, 2021
“But of course, George Washington is relevant if you live in this country, being the father of this country and someone who set up the American system,” he noted. “He took the unheard step of voluntarily giving up power both after the war for independence and then as president, setting the American precedent of peaceful transition of power.”
Berlau emphasized how crucial Washington was for setting the original pace of American values like ingenuity and striving for improvement.
“George Washington was also responsible in many ways for setting up America’s tradition of innovation,” he said. “He was an innovator himself.”
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“Making new plows and creating things like a 16-sided barn. He was the first to bring mules to America. And introducing crop rotation,” he explained.
“Giving up tobacco when he found it was harmful to soil, and planting new crops like weed and hemp,” Berlau continued. “And he was a patron of American inventors both as a private citizen and a president.”
“There are so many things I think that are inspiring today about both George and Martha,” Berlau finished.
I’ve only scratched the surface here. Readers can learn much more in books, like those of Berlau and Ron Chernow.
George Washington should never be canceled. And for those who believe otherwise, you might as well cancel the rest of America too.
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Democrats in the New York state legislature are pushing a bill to rename Donald J. Trump State Park, a park about 50 miles north of New York City.
The park is a 436-acre area of unused land about eight miles east of Peekskill, New York.
New York lawmakers advance bill to rename Donald J. Trump State Park https://t.co/pR2H9oqozO pic.twitter.com/ksk8Q8Un9n
— The Hill (@thehill) February 11, 2021
“New York State has always been known for its history of welcoming and embracing people of all cultures and backgrounds,” the bill states. “Even our park system reflects these values.”
The bill continues, “According to the Declaration of Policy of the Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation, our parks should foster and strengthen the sense of purpose, well-being and identity of the citizens of this state.”
“The names of these parks and green spaces should embody the goals of uplifting and unifying New Yorkers,” the bill puts forth.
“For these reasons the Donald J. Trump State Park should be renamed.”
Trump bought the land for the purpose of building a golf course. That plan was changed so the former president donated the land to the state in 2006.
His only stipulation was that the area was named after him. But the land never actually became a state park.
* New York lawmakers are moving forward with the process of rebranding the Donald J. Trump State Park * #DailyVoice https://t.co/XBLkkAKgFS
— Daily Voice Suffolk County (@SuffolkDaily) February 11, 2021
Trying to change the name of this New York land is not a new effort.
In 2015, two Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill titled the “Anything But Trump Act.”
Democratic Assemblyman Charles Lavine said six years ago, “It is time the state of New York sends a message to Donald Trump that his hate speech is not welcome in our great state.”
“I am confident that the governor will take our letters into consideration,” he added. “If he is unable to act, then we are prepared to move forward with this legislation.”
Dem legislators have been seeking to rename the park, a dilapidated and unused collection of more than 400 acres located about eight miles east of Peekskill, since 2015. A committee vote on Wed was the first concrete step toward that happening…https://t.co/kSQbQBaheR
— Marian (@mkaee) February 11, 2021
The latest bill to change the name was sponsored by Democratic Assemblywoman Nily Rozic who said, “Our parklands should be reflective of New Yorkers that we can be proud of, New Yorkers that have expressed our values.”
She added, “There are a lot of other New Yorkers who are worthy of the honor of having a park named after themselves.”
“We’ve been working on this for a number of years, and I certainly am hopeful that it will get the green light and move forward,” she continued.
She finished, “At the end of the day, we want people to be able to appreciate parkland and be able to visit it without stigma, without shame, and we want to be able to be proud of our open spaces.”
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