Good Morning Gloucester

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.

Dwight D Eisenhower (1890 – 1969)

Born in Texas and raised in Kansas, Ike was the 34^th President of the United States after having risen through the ranks of the Army to be the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces during the Second World War. He is generally credited with having planned the successful invasions of Nazi-held North Africa and later Normandy and the battle for Europe. Although not highly political, he ran for President as a Republican, defeating the isolationist Robert Taft who wanted to end American participation in NATO, of which Eisenhower was Commander. He beat Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 general election by a landslide, repeating the feat in 1956.  Domestically conservative, he none-the-less successfully opposed McCarthyism, signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and paved the way for the massive Interstate Highway System, which is named in his honor. As he left the presidency in 1961 he famously inveighed against the “military-industrial complex” coining the term. The above quote from the most powerful soldier of the 20^th century was uttered eight years earlier in a speech following the death of Stalin.

Greg Bover

Ahhh.  Very peaceful day at Pebble Beach a few days ago. Gently lapping water and bright sunshine. Can’t beat it.

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Please join us in this yearly tradition. Start this year with family, friends and a new way to celebrate 2019. We will be collecting Non- Perishables for The Open Door. Please be generous for those in need. We will also be collecting cash and checks made out to THE OPEN DOOR !!!

All Welcome. We plunge promptly at Noon !!

Please bring towels and water shoes 💜