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...CHARLES LINDBERGH'S solo transatlantic flight in 1927 made him one of the few international folk heroes of this century. Nowhere was Lindbergh's popularity greater than in the United States, where he was welcomed upon his return with massive parades, previously unparalleled in size, and with numerous awards and decorations. For Americans in 1927, Lindbergh was a symbol of the nation's greatness, representing the ingenuity, daring, and stern moral fibre that Americans hoped typified the country. The kidnapping and subsequent murder of his infant son, five years after he flew "The Spirit of St. Louis" to Paris, certainly...
...Hell Broke Loose General George S. Brown is not the point. In September 1941, when the late Colonel Charles Lindbergh (who was not then or ever in the critically the strategic position of General Brown) sounded off against the Jews in much the same way, all hell broke loose. Lindbergh's reputation for noble-mindedness was indelibly stained, and he carried the mark with him until his death. In contrast, the American people reacted with bland indifference to General Brown's blatant expression of bigotry. Were it not for some sections of the American press, his speech would...
That is not to say that pretrial publicity is never a hazard to justice. The longstanding argument over the rights of free press v. the rights to fair trial goes back, in its modern phase, to cases like the Lindbergh kidnaping: the courtroom at Bruno Hauptmann's trial turned into a grotesque circus, jammed with 150 reporters and cameramen. In the case of Cleveland Osteopath Sam Sheppard, accused of murdering his wife in 1954, the local newspapers ran a virtual crusade for conviction before and during the trial. Incredibly, the jurors at first were allowed to go home...
Having grown up in an age in which my own heroes were brutally assassinated, I was fascinated by one who did triumph and endure: Charles Lindbergh. This worshipful interest has recently been deepened by Anne Morrow Lindbergh's published diaries and letters. I chafe at your casual supposition that my generation cannot "fully appreciate" Lindbergh. Perhaps, having no heroes of our own time, we value more dearly those of another...
Cincinnati I can never quite consider as a "hero" any man who accepted a German decoration from Hermann Göring, Hitler's ruthless crony. The true heroes were the boys who died fighting the Nazi beasts and never received publicity or parades. To me Charles Lindbergh will never typify a hero...