He was the father of the country, but that doesn’t mean everybody loved George Washington.

According to a new historical book from thriller author Brad Meltzer, Washington was targeted for assassination by his own bodyguards. But the nation’s first president found out first and strung up one of the plotters in a hanging before 20,000.
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