Vol. MMXXVI·No. IX·Independence Day, Saturday, July 4, 2026

World

Fact Check: The American Revolution

You were lied to about the real history of the American-British engagement

George Washington as a wooden Pinocchio marionette with a long nose, in a tricorn hat and blue Continental coat, chopping down a cherry tree with a hatchet

Was America founded in 1776?
Did the colonists actually win the war?
Was Washington guilty of arboricide?
Did Paul Revere warn anyone about the invasion?
Did Washington cross the Delaware, or the Rhine?
Is the Star-Spangled Banner spangled?

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