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<p>During the Fourth of July celebrations, Revolutionary War general and hero, George Washington is often referred to as “the father of our country.”</p>
<p>Maybe it’s time we take nominations to find the mother of our country.</p>
<p>One name, seldom uttered by historians, history professors and Americana buffs, is Polly Cooper, the English name given to an Oneida woman whose people were one of the five founding nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, in the area of upstate New York.</p>