The American Minervan

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  • American Founders inspired by Classical Greece and Rome

    American Founders inspired by Classical Greece and Rome

    A number of the American founders were classicists, and were trained in the classics in their colonial education, and American Romanità demonstrates how Classicism was integral to education in the U.S., and not simply an “elite education.” It should also be kept in mind, that the first U.S. president, George Washington was honored on Masonic…