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{{Quotation|'''The Soldier''', celebrating America's independence.|U! S! A!|sound=Soldier_mvm_wave_end01.wav}}
 
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The '''Founding Father''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[miscellaneous item]] for the [[Soldier]].
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The '''Founding Father''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[miscellaneous item]] for the [[Soldier]]. It adds golden-colored collar, white scarf and team-colored cuffs to the Soldier's default coat.
  
 
The Founding Father was [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68543340 contributed] to the game via the [[Steam Workshop]] under the name "Dandy Yankee".
 
The Founding Father was [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68543340 contributed] to the game via the [[Steam Workshop]] under the name "Dandy Yankee".
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
*The name of this item is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Fathers]], political leaders and statesmen who participated in the American Revolution by signing the United States' Declaration of Independence, taking part in the American Revolutionary War, and establishing the United States Constitution.  
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*The name of this item is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Fathers]], political leaders and statesmen of United States who participated in the American Revolution.
 
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*The original name of this item was a reference to the American patriotic songs [[Wikipedia:Yankee Doodle|"Yankee Doodle"]] and [[Wikipedia:The Yankee Doodle Boy|"Yankee Doodle Dandy"]].
 
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*This item, together with [[Valley Forge]] and [[Colonial Clogs]], was a part of Svdl's [http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=68544225 "Father of a Nation"] Soldier set.
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**Originally, this item also included white hair, which was removed and added to [[Valley Forge]], because it made the item's polycount too high for the importer tool.
  
 
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Revision as of 14:49, 11 August 2013

This article is about the Soldier miscellaneous item. For the Heavy hat, see Pounding Father.
U! S! A!
The Soldier, celebrating America's independence.

The Founding Father is a community-created miscellaneous item for the Soldier. It adds golden-colored collar, white scarf and team-colored cuffs to the Soldier's default coat.

The Founding Father was contributed to the game via the Steam Workshop under the name "Dandy Yankee".

Update history

July 10, 2013 Patch

  • The Founding Father was added to the game.

July 15, 2013 Patch

  • Fixed the description for the Founding Father.

Trivia

  • The name of this item is a reference to the Founding Fathers, political leaders and statesmen of United States who participated in the American Revolution.
  • The original name of this item was a reference to the American patriotic songs "Yankee Doodle" and "Yankee Doodle Dandy".
  • This item, together with Valley Forge and Colonial Clogs, was a part of Svdl's "Father of a Nation" Soldier set.
    • Originally, this item also included white hair, which was removed and added to Valley Forge, because it made the item's polycount too high for the importer tool.