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Lindbergh was, though. Both before and after the kidnapping.

"In the coming days, Lindbergh became the most photographed, most filmed, and most famous living person on earth."

"On June 13, Lindbergh was greeted by over four million people at events honoring him in New York City."

"At the center stood the two most famous men in America: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who championed the interventionist cause, and aviator Charles Lindbergh, who, as unofficial leader and spokesman for America’s isolationists, emerged as the president’s most formidable adversary"

http://www.aviation-history.com/airmen/Charles_Lindbergh.htm http://lynneolson.com/those-angry-days/




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