That's our old history. Please refer to modern revisionist history that will tell you that all that old history was fabricated by a right wing conspiracy.
You're right! Here's a limerick by F.R. Duplantier that captures the sad state of affairs:
FOUNDERING FATHER
Though his name sounds familiar to me,
I'm still wondering who he could be:
In the index I look
Of my history book,
But George Washington's name I don't see.
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