Tag: George Washington
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“So Help Me God”: A George Washington Myth that Should Be Discarded
from historynewsnetwork.org: One of the most widely held myths about George Washington is that immediately after he took the prescribed oath to become the nation’s first President, he solemnly added the words, “So help me God” and thus began a tradition that has been followed ever since. Unfortunately, this myth, accepted by such fine historians…