On the morning of May 20th, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Long Island, New York in a plane he helped design on the first successful solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. 33 hours later, after braving 3,600 miles over ice cold water and bone chilling fog in the North Atlantic, Lindbergh touched down in Paris, France to cheering crowds. Upon his return to the United States, over 4 million people in a jubilant crowd attended his parade, just to get a glimpse of their hero. Like his father before him, Charles saw the devastating effect the First World War had on Europe, and with war clouds returning to the continent by the 1930s, Lindbergh sought to keep America out of the conflict. His movement, called ‘America First’, saw many of the forces behind calls to bring the American arsenal to bear in Europe to have little resemblance to the common people of the country, whom they asked to bear the brunt of the sacrifice, and in citing these forces, brought out a barrage of censorship, criticism and job losses to many of his supporters. This seemingly confirmed Lindbergh’s suspicions of the pernicious motives of the Second World War, and the courage to speak out in many ways paralleled what it took to cross the Atlantic a decade prior. Today we are joined by returning guest Zach Logos to examine the legacy of the ‘America First’ movement and its implications to the modern era, where once again America seems entangled in an endless series of foreign wars that offer little if no benefit to the average American.
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—References—
- The Deer Hunter, Cimino (1978)
- Henry Ford - Life, Work and Legacy, Myth of the 20th Century (2017) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2017/09/21/henry-ford-life-work-and-legacy/
- Forging America - The Story of Bethlehem Steel, Myth of the 20th Century (2020) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2020/09/03/forging-america-the-story-of-bethlehem-steel/
- Marcus Aurelius - Stoicism in a time of Empire, Myth of the 20th Century (2024) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2024/06/21/marcus-aurelius-stoicism-in-a-time-of-empire/
- Charles Lindbergh’s America First Des Moines Speech - http://www.charleslindbergh.com/americanfirst/speech.asp
- Billionaire space race - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billionaire_space_race
American Spirit - Charles Lindbergh and the America First Movement (Myth20c - Ep275)