July 4, 1776-July 4, 1826
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
For posterity’s sake, I am very happy these two great men largely reconciled in the twilight of their lives.
It is true that the fact they died five hours apart on the 50th anniversary of Independence Day would be a script rejected by a movie producer on the grounds of being too on the nose. And yet…
Stephen Foster was born on July 4th 1826.