Washington was the greatest American ever.
Washington was a great American and great President, actually a great man. While the above is true he was not alone in greatness and to say he was the greatest perhaps is a little much. The likes of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin are examples that we hear little about but when you read their stories you see their unselfish greatness.
The founding fathers were truly great men who gave us an even greater gift, a republic if we can keep it.