I have no objection to Rhodehamel's dismissal of certain myths about Washington's piety, most notably what he calls the “cornball” depictions of Washington praying in the snow at Valley Forge, or the legions of accounts of Washington getting caught praying in other various spots. It seems almost certain that, if Washington did regularly pray, it would have been in private settings, and we don't have reliable confirmation of those (mostly posthumous) accounts of the prayer sightings.
But that does not mean that religion was insignificant to Washington.
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