Founding Father

His own father died when he was 11, and he had no children himself. But Washington bound his fate to the destiny of his stepchildren, his soldiers, and unborn millions of Americans.

Richard Brookhiser

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Richard Brookhiser

Historian Richard Brookhiser is a senior editor of National Review and a senior fellow at the National Review Institute.

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His own father died when he was 11, and he had no children himself. But Washington bound his fate to the destiny of his stepchildren, his soldiers, and unborn millions of Americans.

Richard Brookhiser