NPR: Valley Forge https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=g-s1-124338 en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Wed, 27 May 2026 19:28:35 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Valley Forge https://www.npr.org/tags/g-s1-124338/valley-forge Conservative Christians love this painting of George Washington. The event it depicts may not have happened A painting of George Washington is being used by the Trump administration to argue the founders were devout Christians, but historians have doubts about whether the moment depicted actually happened. Wed, 27 May 2026 05:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2026/05/27/nx-s1-5747094/church-and-state-george-washington https://www.npr.org/2026/05/27/nx-s1-5747094/church-and-state-george-washington

A painting of George Washington is being used by the Trump administration to argue the founders were devout Christians, but historians have doubts about whether the moment depicted actually happened.

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