Who is the Founding Father most Americans have probably never heard of? A new documentary, “Rush: The American Revolution’s Indispensable Doctor” asks, then answers, that question.
The film’s screenwriter-host, historian Joseph Loconte explains why and how 18th-century Philadelphian Dr. Benjamin Rush is that man.
Rush was a pioneering abolitionist, a key figure in the Continental Congress, and a gutsy surgeon in George Washington’s Continental Army. He was a champion of women’s education, a trailblazer in the psychiatry of the mentally ill, and above all, a man of faith. As a 30-year-old, he was also one of the youngest signers of the Declaration of Independence….