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Originally Posted by Jeffery M
That is true. But there are those that look at things with a different interpretation and I have read where some believe that it may of been John Hancock because he was the president of the Second Continental Congress. I think it's a matter of semantics. I agree that the true first president of United States under a governmental system closest to what we have today would be John Hanson. However, the belief in American society that George Washington was the first president is too entrenched to ever change.
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It's not easy to grow up in a black and white world and at some point realize reality equals shades of gray.