---
title: 'The Americanism of Washington'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr.'
date: 1906-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Autobiography and Biography'
- 'History (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 12'
- 'Proverbs 27'
- 'John 15'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/van-dyke-1906-the-americanism-of-washington
---

# The Americanism of Washington

Van Dyke rejects myths that Washington was a solitary or transplanted Englishman, portraying him as a collaborative, representative leader—first among equals and emblem of Americanism.

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