Revere the Founding Fathers, Part Ii

...And Alexander Hamilton, though know for controversy, served alongside Washington in the war to make us free. Helped build up our new armed forces, set the stage for our economics, the prosperity we still enjoy, he had a lot to do with it. The man stood against slavery when many just chose to ignore the problem as unsolvable, unwilling to seize something more. He rose up from bastardry to shape a nation not formed yet, I think we should remember more then the sad method of his death. Then there is His Excellency, George Washington earned that in full, the only American soul who any dare call by that title. Stuck with an untrained army, often outnumbered and outclassed, he wouldn’t fight by Europe’s rules, and the British he would outlast. Ill-supplied and often hungry, he kept the militas going, and though they would have made him King he gave it up voluntarily! Taught us how to be a president, was not a known thing in those days, then even left that so he could farm, the depths of his honor amaze… Last is the one who didn’t arrive until three generations later, Lincoln, the man who finished the job, that Great Emancipator. Some would say he wasn’t a founder, but I must include him within, the nation we know traces right back to the great deed done by him. An ordinary politician in a nation torn all apart, forced to grow into a hero, enough to test any man’s heart. Forced to fight a murderous war admist voices calling out for peace, knowing defeat meant more chaos, and millions left in slavery… Nowadays voices spurn these men, choosing to recall only mistakes, forgetting that their bold ideas are what have made this country great. Teachers prattle on like socialists, killers of one hundred million souls, all of our mistakes pale next to that, it’s a direction none should go. But the wisdom of the founders transcends the confines of their day, they took on the challenge of freedom, that’s a challenge that don’t go away. If we take the time to heed them then we can continue on thriving, we should revere the founding fathers, in truth we owe them everything.