George Washington Preferred The Roman Cincinnatus Over King George (and not the divine right of Kings)
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Stop pretending to know history, you evangelicals are something else with all that pretended virtue & crackpot "divine" conspiracy theories, we can all agree you're just ignorant bumkins flailing in the dark, up to us to lead you out.
While we do not refer to Washington as “first citizen” like Caesar Augustus, he is commonly referred to as the “Father of the Country.” A 1788 settlement along the Ohio River became a village in 1802 and took the name of Cincinnati in honor of George Washington, though some accounts say that the moniker was derived from The Society of the Cincinnati . Nevertheless, the Society of the Cincinnati also was formed by Revolutionary War soldiers who wished to promote the virtues of Cincinnatus.
By extension, those were also the virtues espoused by General Washington who served as the first President General of the Society of Cincinnatus. And the nation has largely followed the tradition of Cincinnatus as demonstrated by Washington. The United States has been involved in a number of armed conflicts but, more often than not, does not control territories following the end of hostilities. More to the point, politicians followed the tradition of Washington and limited themselves to just two terms in office, until Franklin D. Roosevelt broke the tradition by being elected to four consecutive terms in office. Shortly thereafter, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified making the tradition of Washington the law of the land: no one can serve for more than two terms as President of the United States. |
