Americans will believe complete gibberish about their national heroes. "The military was going to seize power, but they were so moved by his plight of myopia they cancelled the coup". That happened.

TIL George Washington prevented a military coup over unpaid back wages by putting on a pair of glasses to read a letter from Congress, explaining he was "almost blind in the service of my country.” Moved to tears, his officers compromised. - r/todayilearned