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On October 16, 1972 a small Cessna 310 aircraft carrying four people went missing en route between Anchorage and Juneau Alaska. While flying in Alaska can be notably treacherous, the loss of this particular aircraft was especially notable, as among the four were two US congressmen, Alaska’s Nick Begich, and Louisiana's Hale Boggs, the house majority leader.
Three classic episodes of The History Guy about how the Christmas season survives even tragedy.
The “Great Sedition Trial” uncovered shocking connections at the time with the German reich that we were fighting, and challenged the idea that the nation was of a single mind during the war. It also challenged exactly how far the national commitment to freedom of speech and opinion reached, especially in extraordinary times.
