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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The clear answer is Abraham Lincoln. Saved the country, gave it a renewed sense of purpose and ended slavery for once and for all. Most of the other great Americans were particular to their time or cause, but Lincoln really does transcend all of them.[/quote]

One could say George Washington because we probably wouldn’t have a country if not for him.[/quote]

Canada has a country.  I did a deep dive into the American revolution a couple of years ago and even though I started as pretty rah-rah American revolution, I ended up questioning whether it was worth it.  The amount of death and the futility of most of the battles was really astounding.  Just lots of young men dying frozen in fields or dysentery or infections.  I knew there were some hard times but if you really read or listen to a detailed history that does a full play by play of all the battles….it gets overwhelming.  I ended up astounded that desertion rates (which were high) were not even higher. [/quote]

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