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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

How dare the National Museum of the American Indian refer to George Washington with a name that he was given by the Iroquois in 1753, a name which he himself used in his correspondence! So glad to see Fox News taking a stand against the politicization of history. s/

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Smithsonian museum labels George Washington a
"town destroyer" while omitting why he ordered the attacks.
The National Museum of the American Indian's exhibit describes the destruction of 40 Iroquois towns but leaves out that the campaign was a direct response to devastating raids that crippled the Continental Army, destroyed frontier settlements and took prisoners.
The Trump administration has threatened funding cuts over what it calls the Smithsonian's push to reframe America's founding as "a deeply flawed creation of the country."
•• Full story here: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ smithsonians-dark-take-america-exposed-washington-dubbed-town-destroyer-revolutionary-war-dangerous
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The American armies destroyed 40 Haudenosaunce (Iroquois) towns and burned their harvests while residents fled. At Chonodote, or Peach Town, the army. burned 1,500 peach trees. The Haudenos still call George Washington
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John A. Farrell @biographer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Actually, young George was rather proud of the nickname.

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