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I don't understand why many Americans deify their founding fathers, and I feel as though I'm missing something obvious. CMV. 

The founders were obviously ahead of their time in many ways, and I think that they should be admired, but I don't understand why what the founders would have wanted (with regard to modern policy and government) should be considered. For reference, I am Canadian.
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American here. Gonna attempt the simple answer.

Really don't know if this is going to help or change your mind, but here it goes.  Maybe the reason is that we glorify our Founding Fathers the same way many cultures glorify their roots. It's a simple story that establishes us as a people, which we all can find common ground in. Think of Rome and the Aeneid. Romans probably ate that shit up. They probably told that story around campfires, and the politicians quoted it in their speeches. We're no different.

It's fun, it's heroic, it's (possibly overly) romanticized, and it's American. That's why we do it.