1). Many of the founding fathers purposely shaped their legacy. George Washington issued a Biographer, he provided him with housing, and gave him a year to work on it. He also provided the biographer with stories to actually write about.
2). Washington, never acknowledged the men that ought in the revolution, other than his officers. And he never commemorated them after the fact.
3). Six times as many men died in the civil war, than died in the revolutionary war.
4). The revolutionary war took a toll on the British. Most soldiers died on the voyage to the colonies.
5). Over a hundred thousand British loyalists were exiled, or 5%.
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