Posted on 10/27/2015 1:48:04 PM PDT by ConfusedSwede
My favorites are Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine.
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson at the top of a long list.
Paul Revere, Daniel Morgan, and Henry Knox for the Common Man ideal of the Founding Fathers, where the political maneuvering was resolved in real life.
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and Alexander Hamilton.
Sam Adams.
And Samuel Whittemore (look him up).
ben Franklin....the first party animal and all round wise person.
My late mother-in-law’s mom was a Schuyler, in direct decent from Philip. My youngest son’s middle name is Schuyler in honor of the awesome legacy!
Great legacy. I saw Philip Schuyler’s country mansion (rebuilt after Burgoyne burned the original one) near Saratoga a few years ago (exterior only), but I didn’t know much about him until I did some reading a week or two ago. Washington always had confidence in him and was upset that Congress replaced him with Gates. Schuyler narrowly escaped being kidnapped by British agents at one point in the latter part of the war.
I have to agree, even though it’s a hard choice for me, between Washington, Jefferson and Franklin.
They each brought their own particular ‘genius’ and character to the mix.
I’m constantly amazed at how very fortunate so many generations of us have been, to have had them come together at that particular time.
-JT
Thomas Jefferson was a difficult choice not to be my number one. But George Washington still has been my personal hero.Been to Monticello numerous times, always have learned/absorbed something new. Whether it was the constant restructuring of his home, his gardens, his winemaking, his writings, his concepts of 'separation of church and state...fascinating individual.
Jefferson. I find him fascinating.
Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson
IKR. He was in favor of having an elected monarchy.
IMO Telling the truth to Free Traitors™, gloBULLists, and the Cheap Labor Express is not radical, it is they who are the radicals.
Just for grins and giggles, here is the list sorted alphabetically.
Adams, Samuel 53*
Adams, Abigail 31
Adams, John 40*
Allen, Ethan Jr. 38
Andre, John 26
Armistead, James 15
Arnold, Benedict 35
Barry, John 31
Bartlett, Josiah 46*
Boone, Daniel 41
Brant, Joseph 33
Braxton, Carter 39*
Burgoyne, John 54
Burr, Aaron 20
Carleton, Guy 51
Carroll, Charles 38*
Chase, Samuel 35*
Clark, Abraham 50*
Clark, George Rodgers 23
Clinton, George 39
Clinton, Henry 46
Clymer, George 37*
Cornwallis, Charles 37
de Galvez, Bernardo 29
de Grasse Comte 53
de Kalb, Johann 55
de Rochambeau, Comte 51
de Vergennes, Comte 58
Dickinson, John 43
Edes, Benjamin 43
Ellery, William 48*
Floyd, William 41^
Franklin, Benjamin 70*
Gage, Thomas 56
Galloway, Joseph 45
Gates, Horatio 48
George, King III 38
Germain, George 60
Gerry, Elbridge 31*
Glover, John 43
Greene, Nathanael 33
Gwinnett, Button 41***
Hale, Nathan 21
Hall, Lyman 52*
Hamilton, Alexander 21**
Hancock, John 39*
Harrison, Benjamin 50*
Hart, John 65***
Henry, Patrick 40
Hewes, Joseph 46*
Heyward, Thomas Jr 29*
Hooper, William 34*
Hopkins, Stephen 69*
Hopkinson, Francis 38*
Howe, William 46
Humphreys, David 23
Huntington, Samuel 44*
Jackson, Andrew 9
Jay, John 30
Jefferson, Thomas 33*
Jones, John Paul 28
Knowlton, Thomas 35
Knox, Henry 25
Kosciuszko, Tadeusz 30
Lafayette, Marquis de 18
Lamb, John 41**
Lee III, Henry 20
Lee, Francis Lightfoot 41*
Lee, Richard Henry 44*
Lee, Charles 44
Lewis, Francis 63*
Livingston, Philip 60*
Livingston, Robert R. 29
Lynch, Thomas Jr 26*
Madison, James 25
Marion, Francis 44
Marshall, John 20
Martin, Joseph Plumb 15
McKean, Thomas 42*
Middleton, Arthur 34*
Monroe, James 18
Morgan, Daniel 39
Morris, Lewis 50*
Morris, Gouveneur 24
Morris, Robert 42*
Morton, John 51***
Mulligan, Hercules 36
Nelson, Thomas 37*
Nicola, Lewis 59**
North, Lord 44
Paca, William 35*
Paine, Thomas 39
Paine, Robert Treat 45*
Penn, John 35*
Pickens, Andrew 36
Poor, Enoch 40
Pulaski, Casimir 31
Putnam, Israel 58
Read, George 42*
Revere, Paul 41
Rivington, James 52**
Rodney, Caesar 47*
Ross, Betsy 24
Ross, George 46*
Rush, Benjamin 30*
Rutledge, Edward 26*
Salem, Peter 16**
Sampson, Deborah 15
Sherman, Roger 55*
Shippen, Peggy 16
Smith James 56*
Solomon, Haym 36
Stark, John 47
Stirling, Lord 50
Stockton, Richard 45*
Stone, Thomas 33***
Stuart, Gilbert 20
Sullivan, John 36
Sumter, Thomas 41
Tallmadge, Benjamin 22
Tarleton, Banastre 21
Taylor George 60***
Thomas, Isaiah 27
Thornton, Matthew 62*
Townsend, Robert 22
Trumbull, John 20
von Steuben, Friedrich 45
Walton, George 27***
Ward, Artemas 48
Warren, Mercy Otis 47
Washington, William 24
Washington, George 44
Washington, Martha 45
Wayne, Anthony 31
Whipple, William 46*
Whittemore, Samuel 81
Williams, William 45*
Wilson, James 34***
Witherspoon, John 53*
Wolcott, Oliver 49*
Woodhull, Abraham 26
Wythe, George 50***
Young, (Major) Thomas 12
Young, (Dr.) Thomas 45
I agree. They haven’t gotten the memo that projection doesn’t work anymore. Maybe they’d believe it if it came from their alter-egos, the democrats. ROFL Like that’s ever gonna happen.
I mostly dunno why I waste my breath.
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