Two posts looking back at the WWII generation: "Mover of History: Dwight D. Eisenhower" recounts some interesting tidbits. Eisenhower was raised a Jehovah's Witness, did not participate in any church or congregation as an adult, then later (as President) joined the Presbyterian church and attended a Presbyterian congregation. I suspect that if the press of 2008 were reporting on the Eisenhower of 1952, it would make headlines out of his earlier JW affiliation and make him out to be a religious extremist. Times have changed.
"A tribute to a great dad" gives a more personal account of a sailor's experience in WWII.
When George Romney ran for pres. in 1968, no one made anything of his Mormonism. Is that the media's fault...or something else, such as the rise of Christian fundamentalism and its grip on political power in the U.S.?
Posted by: Earl | Sep 26, 2008 at 05:20 PM