Many of us are getting a lot of calls from journalists trying to understand the argument about a "Christian founding." This is a helpful piece in explaining that a key piece of inconography was, like much else about the founding, the work of 19th c nationalist nostaglia.
Karin Wulf
A painting of George Washington is being used by the Trump administration to argue the founders were devout Christians, but historians have doubts about whether the moment depicted actually happened. n.pr/4wIUdCu
A painting of George Washington is being used by the Trump administration to argue the founders were devout Christians, but historians have doubts about whether the moment depicted actually happened.
