Late in the 20th century there was a resurgence of interest in the founders of The United States of America.  Numerous biographies were published.  Each writer made an emphasis of his own.  Reading several books on each life (Washington, Franklin, Adams, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, the Roosevelts and others), I formed fresh opinions about each, relating to them, their personal lives, religious views, effectiveness, ideas, strengths and weaknesses.  The focus here is on one factor mentioned earlier in these Pages: the religious orientation of George Washington.  Biographies of the decades infer or assert a deistic position for Washington, which position makes God irrelevant to the world of human affairs.  Several allege that Washington did not refer to Christ; that for a… Read more