Founding Father

This article is about the Soldier miscellaneous item. For the Heavy hat, see Pounding Father.

Founding Father
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Basic Information
Worn by:	Soldier
Slot:	Cosmetic
Equip region:	Shirt
Contributed by:	Svdl
Released:	July 10, 2013 Patch
Availability:	Uncrate #69 or Craft
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Paintable:	No
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	Yes
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
Founding Father 1 - 100 This shirt envisions a terrifying alternate universe where our nation's patriots wore frilly-cuffed silk blouses instead of the respectable undershirts they possessed in actual history.

“

U! S! A! Click to listen — 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.

August 27, 2013 Patch

• Fixed incorrect alpha in the backpack images for the Valley Forge and 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.