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20th-century American Episcopalians

  • George H. W. BushOn the 9th of June 1943, George Herbert Walker Bush became one of the youngest pilots ever commissioned in the United States Navy, a distinction that would…
  • Judy GarlandFrances Ethel Gumm stood on the stage of her father's movie theater in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, at the age of two. She sang a chorus of Jingle Bells…
  • Philip K. DickPhilip Kindred Dick was born on the 16th of December 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. He arrived six weeks prematurely alongside his twin sister Jane Charlotte…
  • Henry FordHenry Ford was born on the 30th of July 1863 in a farmhouse located at the intersection of Ford and Greenfield Roads. His father William Ford had emigrated…
  • Walter CronkiteWalter Leland Cronkite Jr. entered the world on the 4th of November 1916, in Saint Joseph, Missouri. His father was a dentist named Walter Leland Cronkite…
  • Wilbur Kitchener JordanWilbur Kitchener Jordan grew up in the quiet town of Lynnville, Indiana. He left that small community to attend Oakland City College.
  • George H. W. BushOn the 12th of June 1943, a young man named George Herbert Walker Bush stood on the deck of the USS San Jacinto. He was only nineteen years old and had just…
  • Shelby FooteShelby Dade Foote Jr. was born on the 17th of November 1916 in Greenville, Mississippi. His father worked for Armour and Company, moving the family from…