Was George Washington Really the First President of the United States?
Did Indians really die at Wounded Knee and Jews really die at Auschwitz? No historical drama has ever falsified these facts because there was no reason to. Such falsifications would’ve contributed nothing to the viewers’ enlightenment and everything to their mystification. They would’ve repulsed audiences who don’t like to be treated like fools and idiots. Unless they’re doing a historical fantasy, smart moviemakers don’t alter the basic facts of history. They’re selling the truth of their drama, so it has to be reasonably true. Audiences don’t want to see Abe Lincoln behead people or the Titanic fly to the moon, they want to see what happened. Duh.
You probably would answer yes, but did you ever hear of a man named John Hanson? He was really the first president of our nation. In 1781, when the Continental Congress met to plan the shape of the new nation and adopt constitution, the Congress elected Hanson as the “President of the United States in Congress Assembled.” But Ha
