Lies and half-truths are the stuff of myth, not history. True history, like true science, should be objective. This country’s real history includes... • George Washington spoke with a British accent, quite so; fared poorly in military affairs before the Revolutionary War; received mixed reviews as a tactician during the war; and owned slaves. • Thomas Jefferson wrote “all men are created equal”; owned slaves; fathered children by a slave; calculated making a 4% profit on each slave baby; and his plantation crops included tobacco, a carcinogen that has killed untold millions of Americans. • Martin Luther King Jr. likely had an affair with Dorothy Cotton, based on FBI documents reviewed by his biographer, David Garrow. These revelations about three among thousands of American giants, men and women alike, are found when scouring history’s pages. Such revelations provide a fuller understanding of the people who shaped this country. Instead of perfect saints or incalcitrant sinners,…